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English to English noun
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a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) |  | Example: a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there
source: wordnet30
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An order from one having authority, deciding what is to be done by a subordinate; also, a determination by one having power, deciding what is to be done or to take place; edict, law; authoritative ru&?;&?; decision. | | source: webster1913 verb
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issue a decree | | Example: The King only can decree
source: wordnet30
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decide with authority | | Example: The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed
source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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To make decrees; - - used absolutely. | | source: webster1913
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