Edict vs. Decree: What's the Difference?

A decree or proclamation issued by an authority and having the force of law.

An authoritative order having the force of law.

A formal pronouncement or command.

The judgment of a court of equity.

A proclamation of law or other authoritative command.

The judgment of a court.

A public command or ordinance by the sovereign power; the proclamation of a law made by an absolute authority, as if by the very act of announcement; a decree; as, the edicts of the Roman emperors; the edicts of the French monarch.

A doctrinal or disciplinary act of an ecclesiastical authority.

A formal or authoritative proclamation

An administrative act applying or interpreting articles of canon law.

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

To order, establish, or decide by decree

To issue a decree.

An edict or law.

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

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

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

To command by a decree.

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.

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

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

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.

To ordain by fate.

To make decrees; - used absolutely.

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

Issue a decree;

Decide with authority;