Decree

Definitions: Decree

Decree

Noun

1. A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there".

Verb

1. Issue or demand by decree.

2. Decide with authority.

Date "decree" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Law	Décision of an administrative authority to implement a law. Source: European Union. (references)
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Synonyms: Decree

Synonyms: edict (n), fiat (n), order (n), rescript (n), rule (v). (additional references)

Synonym by domain: -in-law (law).

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Command	Verb: command, order, decree, enact, ordain, dictate, direct, give orders.
	Phrase: the decree is gone forth; sic volo sic jubeo; le Roi le veut; boutez en avant.
	Issue a command; make a requisition, issue a requisition, promulgate a requisition, make a decree, issue a decree, promulgate a decree, make an order, issue an order, promulgate an order; Noun: give the word of command, give the word, give the signal; call to order; give the law, lay down the law; assume the command; (authority); remand.
	Dictation; dictate, mandate; caveat, decree, senatus consultum; precept; prescript, rescript; writ, ordination, bull, ex cathedra pronouncement, edict, decretal, dispensation, prescription, brevet, placit, ukase, ukaz, firman, hatti-sherif, warrant, passport, mittimus, mandamus, summons, subpoena, nisi prius, interpellation, citation; word, word of command; mot d'ordre; bugle call, trumpet call; beat of drum, tattoo; order of the day; enactment; (law); plebiscite; (choice).
Judgment	Decision, determination, judgment, finding, verdict, sentence, decree; findings of fact; findings of law; res judicata.
Legality	Verb: legalize; enact, ordain; decree; (order); pass a law, enact a regulation; legislate; codify, formulate; regulate.
	Legislature; law, code, corpus juris, constitution, pandect, charter, enactment, statute, rule; canon; (precept); ordinance, institution, regulation; bylaw, byelaw; decree; (order); ordonnance; standing order; plebiscite; (choice).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	God God cannot be so cruel as to decree that people like like that can never, ever be contented. (When Night Is Falling; writing credit: Patricia Rozema) It's an official decree, now Jews allowed in the parks. (The Pianist; writing credit: Ronald Harwood)
Movie/TV Titles	Part 2 Moslem Sacred Fire Decree (1965) Lady Tetley's Decree (1920) The Law's Decree (1914) By Fate's Decree (1913) As the Fates Decree (1912)
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Domain	Title
Books	By King's Decree (Harlequin Historical Romance, No 401) (reference) Executive Decree Authority (reference) Murder by Decree (reference) The Sovereign's Decree (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Consent Decree (reference) Decree (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Murder by Decree (reference) Amnesty Decree (reference) Hunted By Royal Decree (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
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	By government decree every member of the commune is entitled to a private lot.Credit: Library of Congress.		Plan and sketches of a warehouse of gunpowder ... its construction ordered by Royal decree, between the site of the gallows and the castle of St. Phillip of Morro.Credit: Library of Congress.
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Author	Quotation
Georg C. Lichtenberg	Actual aristocracy cannot be abolished by any law: all the law can do is decree how it is to be imparted and who is to acquire it.
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Author	Date	Quotation
Magna Carta	1215	And the city of London shall have all it ancient liberties and free customs, as well by land as by water; furthermore, we decree and grant that all other cities, boroughs, towns, and ports shall have all their liberties and free customs. (reference)
Treaty of Versailles	1919	The French Government may fix each year, by decree communicated to the German Government, the nature and amount of the products which shall enjoy this exemption. (reference)
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.	1963	This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1945)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	The decree is issued by somebody.
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	She bowed to that decree.
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		Decree 11/1999/ND-CP issued on 3/3/1999 stipulates the ban of medical equipment. (references)
		In 1997, the Government issued a decree prohibiting payments in hard currency in the territory of Uzbekistan. (references)
		Several national associations are lobbying to liberalize this service and a draft law decree is under consideration. (references)
Children	Indonesia	Another approach to the problem of street children is the National Program for Discipline and Clean Cities Decree. (references)
	Slovak Republic	Although not required specifically by law, a government decree mandates accessibility for new public building construction. (references)
	Burundi	There was no information on whether the decree had been issued or whether the Government deposited its instrument of ratification of the Additional Protocol. (references)
Civil Liberties	Georgia	An Abkhaz "Presidential," decree bans Jehovah's Witnesses. (references)
	Swaziland	On July 24, the Government issued Decree No. 3, which repealed these provisions. (references)
	Afghanistan	Taliban officials subsequently stated that the initial decree was only a guideline. (references)
Discrimination	Romania	In September 2000, the Government issued an emergency ordinance that outlaws discrimination based on a number of factors and introduces the ability to sue on the grounds of discrimination; however, implementation of the decree, primarily through the creation of a National Council on Combating Discrimination, had not occurred by year's end. (references)
Economic History	Qatar	In the end, tax exemptions can only be granted by an Emiri Decree. (references)
	Egypt	Free zones are established by a decree by the Council of Ministers. (references)
Human Rights	Swaziland	The King's Decree No. 3, issued on July 24, reinforced Decree No. 2's ruling on the provision. (references)
	Guatemala	On June 27, the President signed a presidential decree creating a Peace and Harmony Commission. (references)
	Brazil	In 1997 President Cardoso signed a decree awarding reparations to the families of 43 such persons. (references)
Indigenous People	Venezuela	At year's end, the Government still had taken no action on President Chavez's 1999 pledge to enact a new law to regulate the use of the Imataca forest reserve in Bolivar state and annul a 1997 Presidential decree permitting the expansion of legal mining activities there. (references)
Minorities	Bhutan	A royal decree in 1991 made forcible expulsion of a citizen a criminal offense. (references)
	Croatia	While the law itself did not include a deadline for filing applications, a decree issued by the previous regime did fix an April 1999 filing deadline (impossible to meet for many ethnic Serbs who still were refugees outside the country). (references)
Political Economy	PARAGUAY	Decree 7084/00 prohibits the importation of used clothing. (references)
	NIGERIA	The 1974 decree contains general health and safety provisions. (references)
	Saudi Arabia	A 1992 royal decree reserves for the King exclusive power to name the Crown Prince. (references)
Political Rights	Bahrain	In 1992 the Amir established by decree the Majlis Al-Shura. (references)
	Swaziland	When Parliament is not in session, the King may legislate by decree under his residual emergency powers. (references)
	Argentina	A 1993 decree requires that a minimum of 30 percent of all political party lists of candidates be female. (references)
Trade	Egypt	Recently, a decree on computerized customs procedures has been issued for imported goods. (references)
	Argentina	Non-profit organizations were excluded from this benefit by Decree 180/97 (March 7,1997). (references)
	Egypt	In summary, the decree stipulates that all imported materials should have an Arabic label. (references)
Travel	Ukraine	On June 15, 2001, President Kuchma signed a decree abolishing the requirement for foreigners to register with local police and registration officials within 72 hours of arrival. (references)
Women	Egypt	In addition to attempting to enforce the decree, the Government supports a range of efforts to educate the public. (references)
	Equatorial Guinea	The public beating of wives is forbidden by government decree; however, violence in the home generally is tolerated. (references)
Worker Rights	Kuwait	The Amir also may dissolve a union by decree. (references)
	Belarus	Some local unions have been denied registration under this decree. (references)
	Monaco	Health and safety standards are fixed by law and government decree. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	HEAD-:MONEY:, n. A capitation tax, or poll-tax. In ancient times there lived a king Whose tax-collectors could not wring From all his subjects gold enough To make the royal way less rough. For pleasure's highway, like the dames Whose premises adjoin it, claims Perpetual repairing. So The tax-collectors in a row Appeared before the throne to pray Their master to devise some way To swell the revenue. "So great," Said they, "are the demands of state A tithe of all that we collect Will scarcely meet them. Pray reflect: How, if one-tenth we must resign, Can we exist on t'other nine?" The monarch asked them in reply: "Has it occurred to you to try The advantage of economy?" "It has," the spokesman said: "we sold All of our gray garrotes of gold; With plated-ware we now compress The necks of those whom we assess. Plain iron forceps we employ To mitigate the miser's joy Who hoards, with greed that never tires, That which your Majesty requires." Deep lines of thought were seen to plow Their way across the royal brow. "Your state is desperate, no question; Pray favor me with a suggestion." "O King of Men," the spokesman said, "If you'll impose upon each head A tax, the augmented revenue We'll cheerfully divide with you." As flashes of the sun illume The parted storm-cloud's sullen gloom, The king smiled grimly. "I decree That it be so -- and, not to be In generosity outdone, Declare you, each and every one, Exempted from the operation Of this new law of capitation. But lest the people censure me Because they're bound and you are free, 'Twere well some clever scheme were laid By you this poll-tax to evade. I'll leave you now while you confer With my most trusted minister." The monarch from the throne-room walked And straightway in among them stalked A silent man, with brow concealed, Bare-armed -- his gleaming axe revealed! G.J.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
John Adams	1797-1801	A copy of this decree will be laid before you.
Thomas Jefferson	1801-1809	To our former grounds of complaint has been added a very serious one, as you will see by the decree a copy of which is now communicated.
James Madison	1809-1817	The only intervening occurrence meriting attention is the promulgation of a French decree purporting to be a definitive repeal of the Berlin and Milan decrees.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Decree" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.62% of the time. "Decree" is used about 798 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	96.62%	771	8,912
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	2.13%	17	85,106
Lexical Verb (base form)	1.25%	10	111,207
Total	100.00%	798	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "decree" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Decree	Last name	100	86,196
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Expressions using "decree": Berlin decree ♦ Civil Servants'Pay Decree ♦ consent decree ♦ decree absolute ♦ decree nisi ♦ Decree of 23 November 1977 implementing Sections 1,2 and 3 of the Establishment of Fishing Zone(Enabling)Act ♦ decree of nullity ♦ government decree ♦ imperial decree ♦ issue a divorce decree ♦ Milan decree ♦ order smth. by decree ♦ sultan decree ♦ the decree is gone forth ♦ Travel Decree 1971. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "decree": Decree-law.
	Ending with "decree": evacuation-decree.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "decree"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		dekretoj (enact), dekret (act, ban, constitution, decretal, edict, enactment, fiat, ordinance, statute, ukase), vendim (award, decision, decretal, deliverance, determination, judgement, judgment, resolution, resolve, ruling, sentence, verdict), urdhëroj (appoint, bid, charge, command, dictate, direct, enjoin, give a command, ordain, order, prescribe, require, will), urdhër (behest, bidding, command, commandment, decoration, dictate, dictation, edict, injunction, mandate, order, prescript, prescription, warrant, word), shpall dekret, jap urdhër, botoj dekret. (various references)

Arabic		‏فرمان (edict), ‏مرسوم (act, edict, legislative, ordinance, regulation, sanction), ‏قضى (accomplish, carry out, execute, foreordain, ordain, pay, predestine, preordain, require, settle, spend), ‏قرار (award, burden, chorus, decision, deliverance, doom, judgement, refrain, resolution, resolve, ruling, sentence), ‏حكم قضائي (adjudication), ‏أمر عال (edict, rescript), ‏أمر (affair, behest, charge, command, dictate, direct, direction, enjoin, fiat, give an order, instruct, instruction, intimation, matter, officer, ordain, order, ordinance, prescribe, prescript, prescription, sound, thing, warn, word), ‏أصدر حكما (find). (various references)

Bulgarian		указ (act, edict, mandate, ordinance, ukase), отсъждам (adjudge, adjudicate, decide, determine, judge, mete out, rule, settle), нареждам (arrange, bid, collocate, dispose, dress, enjoin, have, lay out, make, ordain, order, pack, pitch, range, seriate, set, set out, set up, settle, sort out, tell, trim), закон (act, law, measure, prescript, principle, regulation, statute), предопределение (fortune), постановявам (enact, provide, rule), постановление (act, constitution, measure, ordinance, prescript, provision, rule, ruling), повелявам (command, demand, enjoin, ordine), издавам декрет, декретирам, декрет (act, commandment, constitution, doom, edict, ordinance, rescript, sanction). (various references)

Chinese		法令 (ordinance), 旨意 (order), 旨令, 令 (command, honorable, make or cause to be, order). (various references)

Czech		dekretovat, dekret (edict, patent), výnos (earnings, gain, increment, proceeds, produce, production, return, returns, take, use, yield), usnesení (resolve), rozhodnout (adjudge, adjudicate, choose, decide, determine, resolve, seal), nařídit (command, enact, enjoin, give a command, order, prescribe, range, set). (various references)

Danish		kundgørelse (notification), forordning (Regulation). (various references)

Dutch		verordenen (command, order, tell), decreteren, decreet, besluit (by law, conclusion, decision, end, ending, order, recommendation). (various references)

Esperanto		dekreto, dekreti. (various references)

Faeroese		fyriskipan. (various references)

Farsi		فرمان (Bull, Charter, Command, Commandment, Commission, Edict, Errand, Institute, Mandate, Ordinance, Ordonnance, Precept, Sanction, Word), حکم کردن (Adjudicate, Command, Rule), حکم (Arbiter, Canon, Commandment, Commission, Doom, Edict, Mandate, Ordinance, Ordonnance, Pardon, Precept, Rule, Sentence, Statute, Warrant, Writ). (various references)

Finnish		asetus (alignment, by law, order, setup, stacking, statute, statutory regulation). (various references)

French		décret, décréter, décision (decision, decision making, deliverance, determination), ordonner, ordonnance, juger (decide), jugement (decision), arrêté (decision, determination), édit. (various references)

German		verordnung (by law, bylaw, draft regulation, enactment, medication, order, ordinance, prescription, Regulation), dekret (by law, order), verordnen (command, enact, ordain, order, prescribe, tell, to decree, to enact), verfügung (disposal, domain, enactment, instruction, possession, provision, writ), verfügen (absorb, arrange, co-ordinate, enact, have at one's disposal, ordain, order, to dispose, to enact, will). (various references)

Greek		διάταγμα (edict, fiat, rescript), θέσπισμα (enactment), θεσπίζω (enact, enact laws 2, institute), ψήφισμα (resolution, voting). (various references)

Hebrew		ל�'זור (clip, cut, cut out, fell, ordain, shear), לצות (command, ordain, order, prescribe), פסיק�" (fraction, judgement, judgment, separation, verdict), חוק (act, custom, enactment, law, measure, ordinance, regulation, rule, statute), �'זר�" (decision, edict, predestination, prohibition, restrictive law), �'זר �"ין (judgement, sentence, verdict), צו (behest, command, edict, fiat, imperative, order, ordinance, prescription, say so). (various references)

Hungarian		rendelet (edict, enactment, measure of grace, order, ordinance, regulations, rescript, ruling, statue, statute), dekrétum, határozat (deliverance, order, regulation, resolution, resolve). (various references)

Indonesian		dekrit (edict), titah, perintah (command, mandate, precept), beslit (letter of appointment), berfirman (speak), aturan (arragement, canon, direction, precept, regulation, rule). (various references)

Italian		decreto (act, appointment, by law, decision, judgement, order, ordinance), sentenza (by law, finding, finding of a jury, judgement, judgment, judicial award, judicial decision, legal decision, order, sentence, verdict), ordinanza (by law, enactment, judgment, order, ordinance, regulation). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		�"書 (imperial edict), �"勅 (imperial edict). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		しょうしょ (bond, certificate, deed, imperial edict), しょうちょく (imperial edict), めいれいしょ (directive), めいれい (command, directive, instruction, order), めい (command, dark, destiny, life, niece), みょう (command, dark, destiny, life, strange, unusual), は�"けつ (judgement, judicial decision, sentence). (various references)

Korean		법� � (Ordinance, statute). (various references)

Manx		sarey (command, commandment, dictate, directive, enjoin, injunction, instruct, mandate, order, precept, prescribe), oardaghey (authorize, bidding, command, commission, dispense, indent, ordain, order, rank), oardagh (arrangement, array, behest, canon, commission, decretory, direction, directive, dispensation, fiat, order, ordinance, rite, ritual, sequence). (various references)

Norwegian		forordne. (various references)

Papiamen		dekreto. (various references)

Pig Latin		ecreeday

Portuguese		decreto (act, appointment, by law, edification, enactment, fiat, order, ordinance, proclamation, statute, writ), decretar (adjudge, dictate, enact). (various references)

Romanian		decreta (decide, enact, establish, ordain), decret (act, edict, enactment, fiat, ordinance, sanction), stabili (appoint, arrange, ascertain, assess, calm, clinch, conclude, constitute, determine, erect, establish, fix, institute, introduce, lay down, Lodge, measure, nail down, name, nominate, regulate, set, set out, settle, spot, state, verify), pitac (farthing), ordin (bidding, category, class, command, commandment, commission, degree, dictate, dictation, direction, fiat, injunction, mandate, order, ordinance, service, warrant, word), hotãrâre (act, adjudgement, adjudgment, adjudication, award, conclusion, decision, determination, dispensation, firmness, flatness, judgement, order, ordinance, peremptoriness, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, result, rule, sentence, stoutness, verdict, will, writ), edict (edict). (various references)

Russian		указ (edict, enactment, fiat, ordinance, ukase), решение (answer, arbitrament, decision, judgement, judgment, resolution, resolve, solution), предписывать (appoint, dictate, enact, enjoin, indicate, ordain, prescribe), постановить (decide), издавать указ, декрет (decree-law, decretal, fiat, ordinance). (various references)

Scottish		achd (act, manner, statute), òrduich (arrange, assign, command, ordain), òrdugh (an order, command, order). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		doneti dekret, dekret (fiat, ordinance), ukaz (act, edict, rescript, ukase), odredba (regulation, stipulation), odluka (decision, determination, finding, ordination, resolution), odlučiti (choose, chose, conclude, decide, determine, resolve, set one's mind on doing smth., settle, will). (various references)

Spanish		decreto (act, edict, order, ordinance, sanction). (various references)

Swedish		dekret (by law, fiat, order), påbud (command, edict, imposition, order), förordning (by law, edict, enactment, injunction, order, ordinance, writ). (various references)

Turkish		kararname (bylaw), karara bağlamak (be decisive of, hold, knit up, resolve), karar (adjudication, award, conclusion, decider, decision, determination, doom, fiat, finding, holding, judgement, resolution, resolve, sentence, verdict, vote), hüküm vermek (adjudge, adjudicate, bring in, condemn, decide, doom, estimate, form an estimate of, judge, return, rule, sentence), ferman (edict, firman, imperial order, ordinance, rescript, writ), emretmek (bade, bid, command, dictate, direct, enjoin, ordain, order, prescribe, rule, say the word, tell, will), emir (ameer, amir, behest, bidding, charge, command, commandment, dictate, dictation, direction, disposal, disposition, emir, fiat, imperatival, imperative, jussive, mandate, order, precept, prescription, ukase, word, word of command), buyurmak (come, command, help oneself to, ordain, order, please, prescribe, will). (various references)

Turkmen		dekrek. (various references)

Ukranian		указ (edict, enactment, fiat, ordinance), рішення (act, counsel, decision), вирішувати (appoint, arbitrate, aread, choose, conclude, decide, elect, resolve, settle, solve), визначати (assign, balance, define, designate, determinate, determine, govern, identify, mete, operate, ordain, order, single, specificate, tell), видавати декрет, наказувати (administer punishment, appoint, charge, command, dictate, dispose, order), наказ (behest, command, commandment, decretal, delegation, dictate, injunction, mandate, order, prescript, telling, wish, writ), закон (act, enactment, establishment, law, lex, ordinance, statute), постанова (act, decretal, ordonnance, ruling), декретувати, декрет (decretal, fiat, ordinance), давати розпорядження (ordain). (various references)

Welsh		lluniaethu (ordain, order), arfaeth (design, purpose), act (act, statute). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	constituta, constituti, constitutio, constitutione, constitutionem, constitutiones, constitutis, constitutum, consultum, decreta, decreti, decretis, decreto, decretum, instituta, institutum, iube, iubeas, iubeat, iubebit, iubebo, iubente, iubere, iuberet, iubes, iubet, iussa, iusserat, iusseris, iusserit, iusserunt, iussi, iussisset, iussisti, iussit, iussitque, iussu, iussum, iussus, mandatum. (various references)
Late Latin	300-700	placitum, statutum. (various references)
Medieval Latin	700-1500	bulla. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Proverbs Chapter 8, Verse 15
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Di' emou basileiV basileuousin kai oi dunastai grafousin dikaiosunhn
Latin	405	Vulgate	Per me reges regnant et legum conditores iusta decernunt
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	By me kingus regnen; and makeris of lawis riyte thingus demen.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Through me kings have their power, and rulers give right decisions.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Proverbs Chapter 8, Verse 15
Bulgarian	Чрез мене царете царуват И началниците узаконяват правда.
Cebuano	Pinaagi kanako ang mga hari nanaghari, Ug ang mga principe nanaghatag sa justicia.
Chinese	帝王藉我坐國位．君王藉我定公平。
Croatian	Po meni kraljevi kraljuju i velikaši dijele pravdu.
Danish	Ved mig kan Konger styre og Styresmænd give retfærdige Love;
Dutch	Door Mij regeren de koningen, en de vorsten stellen gerechtigheid.
Finnish	Minun avullani kuninkaat hallitsevat, ruhtinaat säädöksensä vanhurskaasti säätävät.
French	Par moi les rois règnent, Et les princes ordonnent ce qui est juste;
German	Durch mich regieren die Könige und setzen die Ratsherren das Recht.
Haitian Creole	Se mwen ki bay wa yo ladrès pou yo kòmande. Se mwen ki fè chèf yo pase bon lòd pou pa gen lenjistis.
Hungarian	Én általam uralkodnak a királyok, és az uralkodók végeznek igazságot.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Raja-raja kubantu menjalankan pemerintahan, para penguasa kutolong menegakkan keadilan.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Oleh aku juga kerajaanlah segala raja dan segala penghulupun membuat hukum dan undang-undang yang betul.
Italian	Per mezzo mio regnano i re e i magistrati emettono giusti decreti;
Korean	나 로 말 미 �" 아 왕 �"� 이 치 리 하 며 방 백 �"� 이 공 의 를 세 우 며
Maori	Naku nga kingi i kingi ai, naku nga rangatira i whakatakoto ai i te tika.
Modern Greek	�"ι' εμου οι βασιλεις βασιλευουσι, και οι αρχοντες θεσπιζουσι δικαιοσυνην.
Norwegian	Ved mig regjerer kongene, og ved mig fastsetter fyrstene hvad rett er.
Portuguese	Por mim reinam os reis, e os príncipes decretam o que justo.
Rumanian	Prin mine kmpqrqyesc kmpqrayii wi dau voivozii porunci drepte.
Russian	нОПА �"БТЙ �"БТУФЧХАФ Й � ПЧЕМЙФЕМЙ ХЪБЛПОСАФ � ТБЧ�"Х;
Spanish	Por mí reinan los reyes, y los magistrados administran justicia.
Swedish	Genom mig regera konungarna och stadga furstarna vad rätt är.
Thai	โ�"ยเรานี่แหละกษัตริย์จึงปกครอง และผู้ครอบครองจึงตรากฎหมายที่ยุติธรรม
Ukrainian	Мною царюють царі, а законодавці права справедливі встановлюють.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "decree": decreed, decreeing, decreer, decreers, decrees. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Decree" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dacra, debrecen, debree, Debreu, decare, decele, decert, Decorex, decory, d'ecran, Decrane, decreeth, decribe, decrie, Delcroix, derce, dercy, deseree, detree, Devreer, devry, dicere, dicerem, dicreet, Dockree, Duchrae, Ducreux, ducreyi, Duncrue, duree, ecree, ecry. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: recede.
	Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-e-r"
	-1 letter: ceder, cered, creed.
	-2 letters: cede, cere, deer, dere, dree, rede, reed.
	-3 letters: cee, dee, ere, rec, red, ree.
	-4 letters: de, ed, er, re.
	Words containing the letters "c-d-e-e-e-r"
	+1 letter: cheered, creeled, decreed, decreer, decrees, erected, precede, receded, recedes, seceder.
	+2 letters: breeched, careened, careered, centered, cheerled, coredeem, credence, creeshed, creneled, deceiver, decenter, decentre, decerned, decrease, decreers, detecter, exceeder, excreted, lechered, preceded, precedes, reaccede, received, recessed, rechewed, redecide, redefect, reechoed, refected, refenced, rejected, resected, screeded, screened, seceders, secerned, secreted.
	+3 letters: adherence, checkered, cheerlead, chequered, coerected, coexerted, compeered, coredeems, credences, crenelled, decameter, deceivers, decenters, decentred, decentres, decimeter, decreased, decreases, decreeing, decrement, decretive, deference, deprecate, descender, desecrate, detecters, electrode, electroed, exceeders, excerpted, execrated, exercised, intercede, perceived, perfected, pickeered, precedent, precented, precessed, prelected, proceeded, reacceded, reaccedes, receipted, rechecked, recleaned, recovered, recreated, redecided, redecides, redefects, rednecked, redolence, reeducate, reejected, reelected, reenacted, reerected, reflected, resecured, residence, respected, retrocede, sceptered, schmeered, screeched, succeeder, supercede.
	+4 letters: adherences, advertence, becarpeted, bedrenched, bedrenches, bescreened, calendered, calenderer, carpetweed, celebrated, cerebrated, cheerleads, coredeemed, crenelated, decameters, decelerate, decenaries, decentered, decimeters, deciphered, decipherer, decrements, decrescent, deferences, degeneracy, deprecated, deprecates, depreciate, descenders, desecrated, desecrater, desecrates, detergency, deterrence, difference, discreeter, divergence, electrodes, enciphered, encumbered, ensorceled, entrenched, federacies, freelanced, indecenter, interceded, interceder, intercedes, kerchiefed, mercerised, mercerized, overdecked, persecuted, praelected, precedence, precedency, precedents, prechecked, precleaned, precleared, precreased, predecease, preelected, preenacted, preerected, reaccented, reaccepted, reascended, recarpeted, recondense, reconvened, reconveyed, recrudesce, redecorate, rededicate, redefected, redescribe, redirected, redolences, reeducated, reeducates, reenforced, referenced, reinfected, reinjected, rejacketed, relicensed, reobjected, rerecorded, reschedule, rescreened, researched, reserviced, residences, resketched, retrenched, retroceded, retrocedes, reverenced, succeeders, superceded, supercedes, unbreeched, unscreened, wretcheder.
	+5 letters: accelerated, advertences, apperceived, buccaneered, calenderers, carpentered, carpetweeds, cartwheeled, cerebroside, cheerleader, clearheaded, codeveloper, concentered, confederate, copresented, coredeeming, crenellated, crescendoed, crescendoes, crudenesses, decelerated, decelerates, decelerator, decemvirate, decentering, decerebrate, decertified, decertifies, decipherers, decremental, decremented, decrepitate, decrepitude, decrescendo, deforcement, deliverance, depreciable, depreciated, depreciates, desecraters, deterrences, differenced, differences, discreetest, divergences, effervesced, effloresced, electrified, encountered, ensorcelled, eviscerated, exacerbated, experienced, forechecked, forereached, incremented, interceders, intercepted, interjected, intersected, iridescence, overcleaned, overcleared, overeducate, overexcited, overreached, overreacted, precanceled, precedences, precensored, predeceased, predeceases, predecessor, preheadache, prerecorded, preschedule, prescreened, preselected, racketeered, recertified, rechanneled, rechartered, recollected, recommenced, recommended, recompensed, reconceived, recondensed, recondenses, reconnected, reconquered, reconverted, recrudesced, recrudesces, recuperated, redecorated, redecorates, rededicated, rededicates, redefecting, redescribed, redescribes, reeducative, reescalated, reinspected, relacquered, reprocessed, rescheduled, reschedules, resentenced, residencies, resurrected, sepulchered, unexercised, unperceived, unrecovered, wretchedest.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 65 63 72 65 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

⁼

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.. . -.-. .-. . .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01100101 01100011 01110010 01100101 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#101 &#99 &#114 &#101 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0065 0063 0072 0065 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day
divorce decree	134
consent decree	24
decree	23
decree divorce sample	18
decree flame violet	17
decree islamic	16
copy divorce decree	12
texas divorce decree	11
benes decree	9
decree nisi	6
america death decree	6
decree divorce final	6
decree divorce form	5
california divorce decree	4
fake divorce decree	4
carlsbad decree	4
decree divorce free	4
decree interlocutory	4
adoption decree	4
decree presidential	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Decree

Definitions: Decree

Decree

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Specialty Definition: Decree

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Command

Judgment

Legality

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Theater & Movies

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Georg C. Lichtenberg

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Magna Carta

Treaty of Versailles

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Emma

Austen, Jane

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

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Devil's Dictionary

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John Adams

Thomas Jefferson

James Madison

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divorce decree

consent decree

decree

decree divorce sample

decree flame violet

decree islamic

copy divorce decree

texas divorce decree

benes decree

decree nisi

america death decree

decree divorce final

decree divorce form

california divorce decree

fake divorce decree

carlsbad decree

decree divorce free

decree interlocutory

adoption decree

decree presidential

Modern Translations: Decree

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Decree