decree :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

order, rescript, edict, fiat

n. 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"

rule

v. decide with authority; "The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed"

command by decree, issue a decree

v. issue a decree; "The King only can decree"

injunction, enjoining, enjoinment

n. (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity; "injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a judicial order"

dictum, obiter dictum

n. an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding

dictate

n. an authoritative rule

say-so, pronouncement, dictum

n. an authoritative declaration

directive

n. a pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity; "the boss loves to send us directives"

order

n. (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed; "the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London"

finding

n. the decision of a court on issues of fact or law

regulation, ordinance

n. an authoritative rule

law

n. legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity; "there is a law against kidnapping"

principle, precept

n. rule of personal conduct

canon

n. a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field or art or philosophy; "the neoclassical canon"; "canons of polite society"

axiom, maxim

n. a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits

rule, prescript

n. prescribed guide for conduct or action

codification, code

n. a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones)

charter

n. a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation

resolution, resolve, declaration

n. a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote

announcement, proclamation, annunciation, promulgation

n. a formal public statement