Decree

  • 81decree nisi — UK [dɪˌkriː ˈnaɪsaɪ] / US [dɪˌkrɪ ˈnaɪˌsaɪ] noun [countable] Word forms decree nisi : singular decree nisi plural decrees nisi legal British an order made by a court of law that says a marriage will end on a particular date unless someone can… …

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  • 82decree dative — noun Etymology: alteration (influenced by English decree) (I) of earlier decreet dative, from decreet + dative Scots law : a decree appointing an executor …

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  • 83decree-law —  ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: translation of French décret loi, Italian decreto legge, Spanish decreto ley, & Portuguese decreto lei; Italian decreto legge, Spanish decreto ley, & Portuguese decreto lei all probably translation of French décret… …

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  • 84decree of nullity — a declaration that a marriage has been void from its beginning * * * decree of nullity A decree that a marriage has never legally existed, eg because of a failure to publish the banns properly • • • Main Entry: ↑null …

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  • 85decree-law — noun Date: 1926 a decree of a ruler or ministry having the force of a law enacted by the legislature …

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  • 86Decree about Arrests, Prosecutor Supervision and Course of Investigation — The Decree about Arrests, Prosecutor Supervision and Course of Investigation was issued jointly by the Sovnarkom and Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (undersigned by Molotov and Stalin) on November 17, 1938. It… …

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  • 87Decree of Muharram — The Decree, or Firman, of Muharram can refer to a number of decrees or firmans issued by the Ottoman Empire in the Islamic month of Muharram. The most important of which, both issued by ‘Abdu’l Hamid II during the decline of the Ottoman Empire,… …

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  • 88Decree of Aristoteles — The Decree of Aristoteles is an inscribed treaty dating to 377BC. It describes the formation of the Second Athenian Confederacy, a league set up in response to the increasingly aggressive and dominant behaviour of Sparta towards other Greek… …

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  • 89decree-law — /di kree law /, n. an executive decree made pursuant to a delegation from the legislature and having the full force of legislation. [1925 30] * * * …

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  • 90decree nisi — /nuy suy/, Law. a decree, esp. of divorce, that will become absolute at a later date. [1890 95] * * * …

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