Decree: alternatives and connections

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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To cut off; to separate.

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To make clear; to free from obscurity.

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To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.

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The passing of a bill into a law; the giving of legislative sanction and executive approval to a bill whereby it is established as a law.

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A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation.

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The male of any species of cattle (Bovidae); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale.

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The ringing of an evening bell, originally a signal to the inhabitants to cover fires, extinguish lights, and retire to rest, -- instituted by Willia…

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Any law, which, after it had passed the Athenian senate, was fixed on a tablet for public inspection previously to its being proposed to the general…

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The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict.

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The act of proscribing; a dooming to death or exile; outlawry; specifically, among the ancient Romans, the public offer of a reward for the head of a…

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A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Thos…

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To decree; to establish by legal and authoritative act; to make into a law; especially, to perform the legislative act with reference to (a bill) whi…

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To set in order; to arrange according to rule; to regulate; to set; to establish.

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To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down.

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To rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority.

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To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down.

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To turn or throw from a basis, foundation, or position; to overset; as, to overturn a carriage or a building.

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Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method.

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Directed; prescribed.

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Directed; prescribed.

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That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a r…

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That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a r…

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One who rules; one who exercises sway or authority; a governor.

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One who rules; one who exercises sway or authority; a governor.

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A public command or ordinance by the sovereign power; the proclamation of a law made by an absolute authority, as if by the very act of announcement;…

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An authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.

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Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system

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The answer of an emperor when formallyconsulted by particular persons on some difficult question; hence, an edict or decree.

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That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a r…

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