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decreet

/ dɪˈkriːt /

noun

  1. Scots law the final judgment or sentence of a court
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of decreet1

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

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

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

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

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

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