Decree
in general, an order, edict, or law made by a superior as a rule to govern inferiors. In law it is a judicial decision or determination of a litigated DECRESCENT cause. Formerly, in England, the term was specially used for the judgment of a court of equity, but the word judgment is now used in reference to the decisions of all the divisions of the Supreme Court. The word is still used in Scotland for the final judgment of a court, frequently in the form decreet.