Decree Of Constitution
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In Scotch law. Any decree by which the extent of a debt or obligation is ascertained. The term is, however, usually applied especially to those decrees which are required to found a title in the person of the creditor in the event of the death of either the debtor or the original creditor. Bell, Diet.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In Scotch practice. A decree by which a debt is ascertained. Bell. In technical language, a decree which is requisite to found a title in the. person of the creditor, whether that necessity arises from the death of the debtor or of the creditor. Id.
Defined under Decree in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In Scotch practice. A decree by which a debt ja ascertained. Bell. In technical language, a decree which is Tequisile to found a title in the person of the creditor, whether that necessity arises from the death of the debtor or of the creditor, Id.