| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To command, dictate, enjoin or order.[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Present participle conjugation of the verb decree.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (decree) | 1. Issue a decree; "The King only can decree".[Wordnet]. 2. Decide with authority; "The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed".[Wordnet]. 3. To determine judicially by authority, or by decree; to constitute by edict; to appoint by decree or law; to determine; to order; to ordain; as, a court decrees a restoration of property.[Websters]. 4. To ordain by fate.[Websters]. 5. To make decrees; -- used absolutely.[Websters]. 6. Base verb from the following inflections: decreeing, decreed, decrees, decreer, decreers, decreeingly and decreedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "DECREEING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1644. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DECREEING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Determining; resolving; appointing; ordering.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of decree. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: decree
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Abrabanel's response to the Alhambra Decree | Legend does claim that Don Isaac Abravanel, who had previously ransomed 480 Jewish Moriscos of Malaga from the Catholic monarchs by a payment of 20,000 doubloons, now offered them 600,000 crowns for the revocation of the edict. It is said also that Ferdinand hesitated, but was prevented from accepting the offer by Torquemada, the grand inquisitor, who dashed into the royal presence and, throwing a crucifix down before the king and queen, asked whether, like Judas, they would betray their Lord for money. Whatever may be the truth of this story, there were no signs of relaxation shown by the court, and the Jews of Spain made preparations for exile. (references) | ||
| Amherst's Decree | Amherst's Decree was an order given by Gen. Jeffery Amherst, commander of British forces in North America, in February 1761. The order halted the long time tradition of presenting visiting Native American chieftains with gifts, especially gunpowder and lead shot. While gift giving was generally acknowledged as a diplomatic gesture of goodwill, Amherst viewed it as "excessive coddling" which was costly financially to the British government. The decree initiated a period of increasing distrust between British and Native American tribes and is considered by historians as one of the factors leading to Pontiac's Rebellion. (references) | ||
| Berlin Decree | The Berlin Decree was issued by Napoleon on November 21, 1806. The decree installed the Continental System, a policy adopted by the French. (references) | ||
| Consent decree | An agreement between two parties that is sanctioned by the court; for example, a company might agree to stop certain questionable practices without admitting guilt. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Consent decree | Decree - The judgment or sentence of a court of equity which corresponds to the judgment of a court of law. (references) | ||
| Decree 900 | Decree 900 was a Guatemalan land reform law ordered in 1952 by President Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán. This decree redistributed unused lands of sizes greater than 223 acres (0.902 km²) to local peasants. Proponents of the law stated that is was intended to “eliminate all feudal type property...especially work-servitude and the remnant of slavery.” 1 It expropriated the unused lands of large plantations (estates with lands fully in use were exempted from the law), paying the oligarchs whose lands were expropriated were recompensated through government bonds. (references) | ||
| Decree about Arrests, Prosecutor Supervision and Course of Investigation | Decree about Arrests, Prosecutor Supervision and Course of Investigation was issued jointly by the Sovnarkom and VKP(b) Central Committee (undersigned by Molotov and Stalin) on November 17, 1938. (references) | ||
| Decree nisi | A decree issued on a first petition for divorce; becomes absolute at some later date. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Decree nisi | A decree nisi (non-absolute ruling) is a ruling by a court that does not have any force until such time that a particular condition is met. Once the condition is met the ruling becomes decree absolute and is binding. Typically, the condition is that no new evidence or further petitions with a bearing on the case are introduced to the court. (references) | ||
| Decree of Canopus | The Decree of Canopus (Stone of Canopus) is the memorial Stone inscribed by the Pharaoh, Ptolemy III, Euergetes, in 239 B.C.E. This is the beginning of the discussion of the "Rosetta Stone Series" stones, with the 2nd stone being the Decree of Memphis (Ptolemy IV), for Ptolemy IV, and the 3rd, and final stone, being the Rosetta Stone, for Ptolemy V, in 196 B.C.E. (references) | ||
| Decree of Memphis (Ptolemy IV) | The Decree of Memphis (Ptolemy IV) is the 2nd block stone, memorial stone of the "Rosetta Stone Series", inscribed in three Writing systems. It is a Bilingual, in Egyptian and Greek, and is from the reign of Ptolemy IV, Philopater, about (?)218 B.C.E. (references) | ||
| Imperial decree | A decree issued by a sovereign ruler. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Infamous Decree | The Infamous Decree was an order issued by Napoleon in 1808. He had grown frustrated that the Alsacean Jews of France (mainly Ashkenazim in origin) had not yet fully integrated into French society after the Jewish Emancipation in 1790-1791. The decree suspended debts owed to Alsacean Jews for ten years and diminished their residence rights to restricted areas only. (references) | ||
| Maquila Decree | The Maquila Decree, established in 1989, lays out the legal requirements for foreign operations in Mexico. As described by the Bancomext Mexican Showroom, an organization to promote foreign investment in Mexico, this program allows foreign companies to build and operate factories in virtually any Mexican location of their choosing. These companies are allowed to import materials and equipment duty-free, the only limitation being that these items will at some unspecified date be removed from Mexico. For these reasons, items manufactured in Mexico are generally exported. (references) | ||
| Megarian decree | The Megarian decree was the set of economic sanctions levied upon Megara by the Athenian Empire during the Peloponnesian War in 435BC. The decree banned Megarians from Athenian harbours and marketplaces, therefore putting a damper on Megarian economy. Megarians were "trespassing" on the sacred land of Demeter. (references) | ||
| Milan Decree | The Milan Decree was issued in 1807 by Napoleon I of France to enforce the Berlin Decree of 1806 which had initiated the Continental System that was the basis for his plan to defeat the British by waging economic warfare. The Decree stated that no European country was to trade with the United Kingdom. (references) | ||
| Nero Decree | By March 1945, Allied forces had penetrated deep within Germany and were poised to launch their final assault on the Third Reich. Adolf Hitler was determined that the Allies should not make use of captured German infrastructure, and on March 19, 1945, he issued a decree entitled Demolitions on Reich Territory. It has subsequently become known as the Nero Decree, after the Roman Emperor Nero, who was supposed to have engineered the Great Fire of Rome in 64 CE. (references) | ||
| Zhdanov decree | The Zhdanov decree was issued by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union on 10 February 1948. Although formally aimed at Vano Muradeli's opera The Great Friendship, it signalled a sustained campaign of criticism and persecution against many of the Soviet Union's foremost composers, notably Dmitri Shostakovich, Sergei Prokofiev and Aram Khachaturian. The decree was followed in April by a special congress of the Composers' Union, where many of those attacked were forced publicly to repent. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: decree
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Berlin Decree | Literature | A decree issued at Berlin by Napoleon I., forbidding any of the nations of Europe to trade with Great Britain (1806). This mad fancy was the first step to the great man's fall. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| 'Bullet' Decree | Art | See Kugel Decree. (references) | |
| Consent Decree | Administration | 1: A legal document, approved by a judge, that formalizes an agreement reached between EPA and potentially responsible parties (PRPs) through which PRPs will conduct all or part of a cleanup action at a Superfund site; cease or correct actions or processes that are polluting the environment; or otherwise comply with regulations where the PRPs failure to comply caused EPA to initiate regulatory enforcement actions. The consent decree describes the actions PRPs will take and may be subject to a public comment period. (references) | |
| 2: (Environmental) A legal document approved by a judge, that formalizes an agreement reached between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and a Potentially Responsible Party (PRP) or parties through which the PRP will conduct all or part of a cleanup action at a Superfund Site, cease or correct actions or processes that are polluting the environment, or otherwise comply with EPA initiated regulatory enforcement actions to resolve the contamination at the Superfund site involved. The consent decree describes the actions the PRP will take and may be subject to a public comment period. (references) | |||
| Consent decree | Civil Rights | 1: Decreto por consentimiento; decreto judicial emitido previo acuerdo de las partes. (references) | |
| 2: When a court case has been filed, the parties can resolve the case short of having a trial by entering into a joint agreement or by consenting to a judgment. (references) | |||
| Consent decree | Law | A consent judgment by a court exercising equity jurisdiction or invoking equitable remedies. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Decree 731 (Interim Walker River Decree) [Nevada] | Administration | In response to the suit filed in 1902 (Miller et Lux v. Rickey), subsequently renamed to the Pacific Livestock Company v. Antelope Valley Land and Cattle Company, water rights adjudication in the Federal District Court for Nevada resulted in the issuance of Decree 731 on March 24, 1919. [During the Nevada gold mining boom of the early 1900s, Thomas B. Rickey was actively involved in both mining and banking as well as ranching. So much so, in fact, that he suffered failure in the panic of 1907 and his ranching properties were sold to the Antelope Valley Land and Cattle Company. Also, the agricultural holdings of Muller and Lux were taken over by the Pacific Livestock Company.] The Decree addressed the amount of water to which each party was entitled, the source of the water, the area to which it was to be applied, and the priority date for each use. The Decree also encompassed many, but not all, of the other water users on the river, particularly the water rights of the smaller agricultural water users as well as the irrigation rights of the Walker River Indian Reservation. Five separate water rights for the reservation were quantified with priority dates ranging from 1868 to 1886 (the reservation was established on November 29, 1859) and the government was permitted to purchase additional rights from the proposed Topaz Reservoir to supply the reservation. [These five water rights included: (1) 1868 priority date: 4.70 cfs, 385.95 acres irrigated; (2) 1872 priority date: 3.55 cfs, 295.80 acres irrigated; (3) 1875 priority date: 6.15 cfs, 512.80 acres irrigated; (4) 1883 priority date: 7.50 cfs, 625.20 acres irrigated; and (5) 1886 priority date: 1.03 cfs, 85.80 acres irrigated.] In effect, the Decree addressed essentially only direct diversions from the river and its tributaries. Except for some general provisions pertaining to the Antelope Valley Land and Cattle Companys storage rights, particularly those relating to the prospective development of Alkali Lake (Topaz) Reservoir, no other storage rights were quantified. As an interim measure, Decree 731 did assign priorities and amounts of water for irrigating specified lands of the parties and allowed incidental domestic and stock watering uses to be served under the irrigation rights. (references) | |
| Decree absolute | Law | See nl. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Decree arbitral | Law | DECREE ARBITRAL, Scotch law. A decree made by arbitrators chosen by the parties; an award. 1 Bell's Com. 643. (references) | |
| Decree C125 (Final Walker River Decree) [Nevada] | Administration | In adjudication of the 1924 filing of United States v. Walker River Irrigation District, et al., Decree C-125 for waters of the Walker River was issued on April 14, 1936 by the Federal District Court for Nevada. In addition to recognizing the water rights defined in Decree 731 (March 24, 1919) as to priority date, amount and place of use, and defined other storage and diversion rights, the Walker River Indian Reservations attempt to acquire a right to divert 150 cfs for the irrigation of reservation lands was rejected. While Decree C-125 adjudicated most of the irrigation rights of the Walker River system, the court did not define domestic rights, irrigation uses on natural forest land, some private riparian lands, and any storage rights for Weber Reservoir, which had recently been constructed on the Walker River Indian Reservation. Also, no rights were included for Walker Lake itself. A federal Watermaster would be responsible for its enforcement. The District Court refused the Tribes claim (for right to a rate of flow of 150 cfs), stating that even if an implied tribal water right was included with reservation lands, the white pioneers were in "an inexpugnable position" and the "court was not about to take fifty years of beneficial farming use away from these settlers for the sake of supplying the tribe with guaranteed water." In June 1939 Decree C-125 was modified on appeal to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit (104 Fed 2d 334 [1939]). The Walker River Indian Reservation was granted a right to divert 26.25 cfs (they had asked for 150 cfs) for 180 days (amounting to 9,450 acre-feet from natural flows) to be measured at the Parker Gage (currently the Wabuska gage) at the north (outlet) end of Mason Valley approximately where the reservation boundary begins. This diversion period is in contrast to upstream users who have an irrigation season of up to 245 days as reaffirmed in the "Rules and Regulations for the Walker River System" under Decree C-125. All defendants agreed to the stipulation which granted the Walker River Indian Reservation a November 29, 1859 priority date for its water rights for the irrigation of 2,100 acres of reservation land. The original priority dates established in Decree 731 in 1919 had assigned priority dates (5) ranging from 1868 to 1886. [These five water rights included: (1) 1868 priority date: 4.70 cfs, 385.95 acres irrigated; (2) 1872 priority date: 3.55 cfs, 295.80 acres irrigated; (3) 1875 priority date: 6.15 cfs, 512.80 acres irrigated; (4) 1883 priority date: 7.50 cfs, 625.20 acres irrigated; and (5) 1886 priority date: 1.03 cfs, 85.80 acres irrigated. (references) | |
| Decree of foreclosure and sale | Finance | A court decree of judgment that establishes the outstanding mortgage debt and orders the property sold to satisfy the debt. (references) | |
| Decree of registration | Law | DECREE OF REGISTRATION, Scotch law. A proceeding by which the creditor has immediate execution; it is somewhat like a warrant of attorney to confess judgment. 1 Bell's Com. B. 1, c. 1, p. 4. (references) | |
| Default decree | Regulation | A Default Decree of Condemnation is a Court Order entered when lots under seizure are not claimed or defended. The order condemns the product as being in violation and provides for destruction, donation to charity, sale, or disposal as the Court may elect to decree. When signed by the Court, it signifies the final adjudicatory step in a seizure action. (references) | |
| Execution of decree | Regulation | The carrying out of the court's order e.g., the destruction of goods under seizure by the Marshall in response to a Default Decree of Condemnation. (references) | |
| Interim Walker River Decree | Administration | See Decree 731 (Interim Walker River Decree) [ Nevada]. (references) | |
| Kugel [bullet] Decree | Art | A decree that "directed that every escaped officer and NC0 prisoner of war who had not been put to work, with the exception of British and American prisoners of war, should on recapture be handed over to the SIP0 and SD.... These escaped officers and NCOs were to be sent to the concentration camp at Mauthausen, to be executed upon arrival, by means of a bullet shot in the neck. " In March, 1944, fifty officers of the British Royal Air Force, who escaped from the camp at Sagan where they were confined as prisoners, were shot on recapture, on the direct orders of Hitler." (references) | |
| Macedonian decree | Law | MACEDONIAN DECREE, civil law. A decree of the Roman senate, which derived its name from that of a certain usurer who was the cause of its being made, in consequence of his exactions. It was intended to protect sons who lived under the paternal jurisdiction, from the unconscionable contracts which they sometimes made on the expectations after their fathers' deaths; another, and perhaps, the principle object, was to cast odium on the rapacious creditors. It declared such contracts void. Dig. 14, 6, 1; Domat, Lois, Civ. liv. 1, tit. 6, 4; Fonbl. Eq. B. 1, c. 2, 12, note. Vide Catching bargain; Post obit. (references) | |
| Milan Decree | Literature | 1: This very absurd decree was killing the goose which laid the golden eggs, for England was the best customer of the very countries thus restricted from dealing with her. 2: (The). A decree made by Napoleon I., dated "Milan, Dec. 27, 1807," declaring "the whole British Empire to be in a state of blockade, and forbidding all countries either from trading with Great Britain or from even using an article of British manufacture." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| Travel Decree 1971 | Law | Covers all employees in Government establishments and also non-Government employees travelling on Government business. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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