Phrase Hound found 8 phrases and 14 compound words that contain decree. The most common are listed below. Open decree in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 8
- consent decreeA decree of a court giving effect to an agreement between the litigating parties.
- decree absolutethe official decree marking the legal end of a marriage, allowing the two people to remarry.
- decree timeA change introduced to the time system of the Soviet Union by a decree on June 16, 1930, in which all of the clocks in the Soviet Union were permanently shifted one hour ahead on June 21, 1930 at 00:00.
- imperial decreeA decree issued by a sovereign.
- decree nisia decree issued on a first petition for divorce; it becomes absolute at some later date unless cause is shown why it should not.
- final decreeA final judgment.
- decree arbitralAn award made by an arbiter.
- decree nisisplural of decree nisi: a decree issued on a first petition for divorce; it becomes absolute at some later date unless cause is shown why it should not.
Compound words 14
- undecreeTo annul or revoke (an earlier decree).
- counterdecreeA decree made in response to another decree.
- decreeableCapable of being decreed.
- decreementA decree; something decreed.
- decreerOne who issues a decree.
- foredecreeTo decree in advance.
- postdecreeAfter a decree.
- predecreeBefore a decree.
- redecreedecree again
- undecreedNot decreed.