Decree

In Practice. The judgment of sentence of a court of equity, or of admiralty. It corresponds to the judgment of a court of law. It is either interlocutory or final. The former is given on some plea or issue arising in the cause which does not decide the main question; the latter settles the matter in dispute; and a final decree has the same ef Tect as a judgment at law.

2 Madd. 462; 1 Chanc. Cas. 27; 2 Vern. 89; 4 Brown, Pari. Cas. 287. See 7 Viner, Abr. 394; 7 Comyn. Dig. 445; 1 Belt, Supp. to VeS. 223; Bouv. Inst. Index. In Legislation.

In some countries, as in France, some acts of the legislature or of the sovereign, which have the force of law, are called "decrees"; as, the Berlin ana Milan decrees. In Scotch Law. A final judgment or sentence of court, by which the question at issue between the parties is decided.