decreet

/ dɪˈkriːt /

noun

1. Scots law the final judgment or sentence of a court

Word History and Origins

Origin of decreet¹

C14: decret , from Old French, from Latin dēcrētum decree

Example Sentences

This precedence had been assigned to it by the Decreet of Ranking , and assigns to it an origin in 1404 (or, as some say, 1395).

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But it went, he said, just like a decreet in absence, and was lost for want of a contradictor.

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Whey they sayn ot King Harry hon decreet ot we're to ha' naw more monks or friars i' aw Englondshiar.

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Oh, what hire and how many worlds would many then give to have a favourable decreet of the Judge!

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The grounds of reduction of a decreet arbitral are “corruption,” “bribery,” “false hold” (Scots Act of Regulations 1695, s. 25).

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