Decree vs. Declaration

Decreenoun

An edict or law.

Decreenoun

(legal) The judicial decision in a litigated cause rendered by a court of equity.

Decreenoun

(legal) The determination of a cause in a court of admiralty or court of probate.

Decreeverb

To command by a decree.

Decreenoun

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.

Decreenoun

A decision, order, or sentence, given in a cause by a court of equity or admiralty.

Decreenoun

An edict or law made by a council for regulating any business within their jurisdiction; as, the decrees of ecclesiastical councils.

Decreeverb

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.

Decreeverb

To ordain by fate.

Decreeverb

To make decrees; - used absolutely.

Decreenoun

a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge);

Decreeverb

issue a decree;

Decreeverb

decide with authority;

Decree

A decree is a rule of law usually issued by a head of state (such as the president of a republic or a monarch), according to certain procedures (usually established in a constitution). It has the force of law.

Declarationnoun

A written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief.

Declarationnoun

A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration.

Declarationnoun

The act or process of declaring.

Declarationnoun

(cricket) The act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed.

Declarationnoun

(legal) In common law, the formal document specifying plaintiff's cause of action, including the facts necessary to sustain a proper cause of action, and to advise the defendant of the grounds upon which he is being sued.

Declarationnoun

(computing) The specification of a variable's type.

Declarationnoun

The act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; proclamation; exposition; as, the declaration of an opinion; a declaration of war, etc.

Declarationnoun

That which is declared or proclaimed; announcement; distinct statement; formal expression; avowal.

Declarationnoun

The document or instrument containing such statement or proclamation; as, the Declaration of Independence (now preserved in Washington).

Declarationnoun

That part of the process or pleadings in which the plaintiff sets forth in order and at large his cause of complaint; the narration of the plaintiff's case containing the count, or counts. See Count, n., 3.

Declarationnoun

a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)

Declarationnoun

(law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction;

Declarationnoun

a statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties

Declarationnoun

(contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make

Declarationnoun

a formal public statement;

Declarationnoun

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

Declarationnoun

a formal or explicit statement or announcement

Declarationnoun

the formal announcement of the beginning of a state or condition

Declarationnoun

a written public announcement of intentions or of the terms of an agreement

Declarationnoun

a public official announcement of the votes cast for candidates in an election.

Declarationnoun

a plaintiff's statement of claims in proceedings.

Declarationnoun

an affirmation made in place of an oath.

Declarationnoun

the naming of trumps in bridge, whist, or a similar card game.

Declarationnoun

an announcement of a combination held in certain card games.

Declarationnoun

an act of declaring an innings closed.