Clues for the word "DECREE"
We've had 61 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 202 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on August 13, 2026.
Definition of decree
- n. - An order from one having authority, deciding what is to be done by a subordinate; also, a determination by one having power, deciding what is to be done or to take place; edict, law; authoritative ru// decision.
- n. - A decision, order, or sentence, given in a cause by a court of equity or admiralty.
- n. - A determination or judgment of an umpire on a case submitted to him.
- n. - An edict or law made by a council for regulating any business within their jurisdiction; as, the decrees of ecclesiastical councils.
- v. t. - To determine judicially by authority, or by decree; to constitute by edict; to appoint by decree or law; to determine; to order; to ordain; as, a court decrees a restoration of property.
- v. t. - To ordain by fate.
- v. i. - To make decrees; -- used absolutely.
Referring Clues
- Authoritative order
- Dictate
- Ruling
- It's the Law
- Formal order
- Court order
- Court judgement
- Edict
- Judicial decision
- Order in the court
- Fiat
- Legally binding command
- Order from on high
- Mandate
- Presidential proclamation
- Court judgment
- Judicial ruling
- Issue an edict
- Official mandate
- Order from the top
- Final ___ (order ending a case, before the appeal)
- Official mandate
- Legal order
- Authoritative command
- Offical edict
- Issuance of Pontius Pilate, e.g.
- Command
- Ordain
- Order
- Official proclamation
- Papal bull, e.g.
- Official ruling
- Judicial order
- Pronouncement
- Royal order
- Judge's order
- Dictator's declaration
- Potentate's proclamation
- Announcement
- Rule from a dictator
- Order from above
- Law of French-Canadian natives
- Official order
- Command issued in successive notes to tribe
- Official order that has the force of law
- Official edict
- Order many soldiers into the river
- Contract doesn't include a second order
- Judgment of a court
- Last of twelve, always standing in order
- Legally binding decision
- Ukase
- Judge's decision
- Recede (anag)
- Autocrat's issuance
- Rule of the throne
- Judicial mandate
- Executive order
- Proclamation
- Formal announcement
- Official directive
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - August 13, 2026
- Mirror Daily - August 01, 2026
- Daily Quick - July 29, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - June 23, 2026
- Daily American - May 06, 2026
- Daily American - May 03, 2026
- LA Times - March 19, 2026
- Daily Quick - March 07, 2026
- Mirror Daily - March 01, 2026
- Mirror Daily - February 09, 2026
- Mirror Daily - February 01, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 30, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 25, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 21, 2026
- New York Times - December 17, 2025
- LA Times - November 25, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 23, 2025
- Daily Quick - October 21, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 22, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 05, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - August 28, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - August 27, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 11, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 10, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - April 16, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - April 08, 2025
- LA Times - March 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - March 05, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 01, 2024
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