decreet

/ (dɪˈkriːt) /

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noun

Scots law the final judgment or sentence of a court

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Word Origin for decreet

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

Words nearby decreet

decreasing term insurance, decree, decree absolute, decree-law, decree nisi, decreet, decrement, decremeter, decreolize, decrepit, decrepitate

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How to use decreet in a sentence

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).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 6|Various
But it went, he said, just like a decreet in absence, and was lost for want of a contradictor.
Red Gauntlet|Sir Walter Scott
Whey they sayn ot King Harry hon decreet ot we're to ha' naw more monks or friars i' aw Englondshiar.
The Lancashire Witches|William Harrison Ainsworth
Oh, what hire and how many worlds would many then give to have a favourable decreet of the Judge!
Letters of Samuel Rutherford|Samuel Rutherford

The grounds of reduction of a decreet arbitral are “corruption,” “bribery,” “false hold” (Scots Act of Regulations 1695, s. 25).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4|Various