A statute, law, enactment; gen. an ordinance, decree. Obsolete exc. Historical.

Institution, ordinance, statute, law.

What is decreed or determined; a statute, ordinance.

That which is proclaimed by authority as a rule of action; an order issued by a sovereign to his subjects; an ordinance or proclamation having…

A decree or command made by a sovereign, ruler, or ruling body. Obsolete.

That which is ordained or decreed; spec. an ordinance, a statute, a clause in such a document. (cf. provision, n. 5.) Obsolete.

The decree or edict made at such a sitting. Obsolete exc. Historical.

Law. An authoritative direction, decree, or command. In more restricted sense: a public injunction or rule of narrower scope, less permanent…

An earlier form of the word decree, n., entirely Obsolete in English, and in Scottish retained only as in b.

A decree, ordinance, law, regulation; usually, one made by a superior authority, civil or ecclesiastical; spec. in Roman Law, an enactment made by…

An ordinance or edict set forth by the civil or other authority; an authoritative decision having the force of law.

An ordinance or regulation. Obsolete.

An ordinance, regulation: = establishment, n.

Edict, command.

Something established, a statute, ordinance.

A thing which is ordained; an ordinance, decree, statute, law; a prescribed observance. Obsolete.

= statute, n.1 A law, ordinance.

An official document (originally) authenticated by a thin seal affixed to its surface. An official announcement or decree; an edict, a…

A thing which is prescribed or laid down as a rule; an ordinance, a law, a command; a direction, an instruction.

A decree or charter issued by a ruler, esp. the ruler of the Byzantine or Holy Roman empires. Frequently spec. (chiefly with the and capital…

Any official edict, decree, or announcement.

Something instituted; an established law, custom, usage, or organization; an institution.

An established law, custom, usage, practice, organization, or other element in the political or social life of a people; a regulative principle or…

An ordinance.

A law or decree; esp. an ecclesiastical decree. Obsolete exc. Historical.

transferred. A decree, ordinance.

That which is ordained; = ordinance, n. 3a.

A decree; sometimes short for Decretum Gratiani.

Something formally or authoritatively introduced or established; an institution. Obsolete.

A decree or statute.

A dispositive document, law, or clause (see A. 3).

Applied to a non-ecclesiastical edict. See golden bull, n.

Chiefly in reference to France: an ordinance, decree, law, or by-law; spec. (a) (under the French monarchy) a decree of the king or the regent, esp.…

Roman History. An official edict or decree issued in reply to a question, petition, etc. Cf. rescript, n. 2b. Obsolete. rare.

A decree of the ancient Roman senate.

An edict or statement issued by a religious authority belonging to a faith other than Islam. Also occasionally in colloquial or trivial use: a…