Judgement vs. Decree

Judgementnoun

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Decreenoun

An edict or law.

Judgementnoun

the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision;

‘opinions are usually written by a single judge’;

Decreenoun

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

Judgementnoun

an opinion formed by judging something;

‘he was reluctant to make his judgment known’; ‘she changed her mind’;

Decreenoun

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

Judgementnoun

the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions

Decreeverb

To command by a decree.

‘A court decrees a restoration of property.’;

Judgementnoun

ability to make good judgments

Decreenoun

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.

‘There went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.’; ‘Poor hand, why quiverest thou at this decree?’;

Judgementnoun

the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions

Decreenoun

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

Judgementnoun

(law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it

Decreenoun

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

Judgementnoun

the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event;

‘they criticized my judgment of the contestants’;

Decreeverb

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.

‘Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee.’;

Judgement

Judgement (or US spelling judgment) is also known as adjudication which means the evaluation of evidence to make a decision. Judgement is also the ability to make considered decisions.

Decreeverb

To ordain by fate.

Decreeverb

To make decrees; - used absolutely.

‘Father eternal! thine is to decree;Mine, both in heaven and earth to do thy will.’;

Decreenoun

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

‘a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there’;

Decreeverb

issue a decree;

‘The King only can decree’;

Decreeverb

decide with authority;

‘The King decreed that all first-born males should be killed’;

Decree

A decree is a rule of law usually issued by a head of state (such as the president of a republic or a monarch), according to certain procedures (usually established in a constitution). It has the force of law.