Definition of decree absolute in English:
decree absolute
nounPlural decrees absolute
English Law A court of law's final order officially ending a marriage, enabling either party to remarry.
Example sentencesExamples
- But the Court of Appeal held that at the date of the decree absolute there was no settlement in existence: the gift was not a settlement and the loan, which might have amounted to a settlement, had never been made.
- A decree absolute was announced at York County Court on May 5, 2002.
- Last Saturday the envelope containing my decree absolute landed on the mat.
- After a long separation, they are now getting the decree absolute.
- Thirteen illegal husbands later, she divorced her real spouse, before another genuine marriage in 1995 just eight weeks after her decree absolute.