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an official order issued by a legal authority:

(統治者･政府･教会の) «…という» 法令, 命令, 布告 «that節»; 〘宗〙 神意, 神慮, 天命.

e.g. the decree guaranteed freedom of assembly

e.g. presidential decrees.

the issuing of a decree:

e.g. the king ruled by decree.

a judgment or decision of certain law courts.

｟主に米｠ (裁判所の)判決, 決定; 命令

verb (decrees, decreeing, decreed) with object

order (something) by decree:

〈統治者･政府などが〉…を法令で定める; ; 〖～ that節〗 …という命令を下す, …と布告する; …という判決を言い渡す; 〖～ A C〗 A〈人〉にCであると判決［決定］を下す

e.g. with clause : the president decreed that the military was to be streamlined

e.g. the government decreed a ban on any contact with the guerrillas.

Middle English (denoting an edict issued by an ecclesiastical council to settle a point of doctrine or discipline): from Old French decre, decret, from Latin decretum ‘something decided’, from decernere ‘decide’.