Decree vs. Declaration: What's the Difference?

An authoritative order having the force of law.

An explicit, formal announcement, either oral or written.

The judgment of a court of equity.

The act or process of declaring.

The judgment of a court.

A statement of taxable goods or of properties subject to duty.

A doctrinal or disciplinary act of an ecclesiastical authority.

A formal statement initiating a lawsuit by specifying the facts and legal grounds for the relief sought; a complaint or petition.

An administrative act applying or interpreting articles of canon law.

An unsworn statement of facts that is admissible as evidence.

To order, establish, or decide by decree

A bid, especially the final bid of a hand in certain card games.

To issue a decree.

A meld.

An edict or law.

A written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, intention, belief, etc.

(legal) The judicial decision in a litigated cause rendered by a court of equity.

A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration.

(legal) The determination of a cause in a court of admiralty or court of probate.

The act or process of declaring.

(religion) A predetermination made by God; an act of providence.

(cricket) The act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed.

To command by a decree.

(legal) In common law, the formal document specifying plaintiff's cause of action, including the facts necessary to sustain a proper cause of action, and to advise the defendant of the grounds upon which he is being sued.

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.

(computing) The specification of an object, such as a variable or function, establishing its existence but not necessarily describing its contents.

A decision, order, or sentence, given in a cause by a court of equity or admiralty.

The act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; proclamation; exposition; as, the declaration of an opinion; a declaration of war, etc.

An edict or law made by a council for regulating any business within their jurisdiction; as, the decrees of ecclesiastical councils.

That which is declared or proclaimed; announcement; distinct statement; formal expression; avowal.

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.

The document or instrument containing such statement or proclamation; as, the Declaration of Independence (now preserved in Washington).

To ordain by fate.

A statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)

To make decrees; - used absolutely.

(law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction;

A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge);

A statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties

Issue a decree;

(contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make

Decide with authority;

A formal public statement;

A formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote