Decretum
Defined in 1 dictionary — Burrill (1850)
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat.
In the canon law. An ecclesiastical law, in contradistinction to a secular law, (lex.) 1 Mackeld. Civ, Law, 81, § 93, Kaufmann's note. The title of the first of the two great divisions of the Corpus Juris Canonici; more commonly known as Decrstum Chratiani, (q. V.)