Primum decretum
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
(Admiralty) A provisional decree.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Lat.
In the canon law. The first decree; a preliminary decree granted on the non-appearance of a defendant, by which the plaintiff was put in possession of hig goods or of the thing itself which was demanded. Gilb. Forum Rom. 32, 33.