legal decrees
Official judicial commands
Legal decrees are formal orders issued by a court or other authority, carrying the force of law.
A decree typically resolves a dispute or establishes rights: The divorce decree divided their assets equally.
In some legal systems, decrees differ from judgments in technical ways, though the terms often overlap.
Government decrees may bypass legislative process: rule by decree.
- writCourt-issued directive
- edictAuthoritative public command
- actDeed or performance
- injunctionCourt-ordered behavioral requirement
- cease and desistLegal order to stop
fiat · proclamation · court order · restraining order · gag order · order · statute · judgment · seal · regulation · directive · subpoena · ordinance · law of the land · parchment · executive order · rulemaking · scroll
- Hawaiian Overthrowoverthrow, Queen Liliuokalani, annexationists, provisional government
legal decreessuggestions
Proposed ideas or advice
recommendations · guidelines · advice · proposals · requests
legal decreesinformal agreements
Unwritten mutual understandings
handshake deals · unwritten rules · gentleman's agreements · social norms · customs