Decreet
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In Scotch law
The final judgment or sentence of court by which the question at issue between the parties is decided. Decreet condemnator is one where the decision is in favor of the plaintiff.
Ersk. Inst. 4. 8. 5.
Decreet absolvitor is one dismissing a claim, or acquitting a defendant.
2 Karnes, Eq. 367; 1 Forbes, Inst. pt. 4, bk. 1, c. 2, tit. 1, § 3.
Decreet arbitral is the award of arbitration; the form of promulgating such award.
Bell, Diet. "Arbitration"; 2 Bell, H. L. Sc. 49.
DECREMENTUM MARIS (Lat.) In old English law. Decrease of the sea; the receding of the sea from the land.
Callis, Sew. (53), 65.
See "Reliction."
See Reliction.