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Decreta

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

In the Roman law. Judicial sentences given by the emperor as supreme judge. DECRETA CONCILIORUM NON LIGANT reges nostros. The decrees of councils bind not our kings.

Moore, 906.