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Definition of Decreeing
1. decree [v] - See also: decree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decreeing
Literary usage of Decreeing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"In view of the rulings above announced, the court did not err In approving the
auditor's report, and in decreeing that the de fendant below be perpetually ..."
2. Rules and Regulations Made in Pursuance of an Act of Parliament Passed in ...by Great Britain Parliament by Great Britain Parliament (1842)
"FORM of MINUTE or Act of Court on decreeing a ... FORM of MINUTE or Act of Court
decreeing a Monition against a Slave or Slaves seized on ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"The history and facts of the case appear in the opinion of the court. The court
err«! in not decreeing the full вит of ..."
4. A Treatise on Equity Jurisprudence: As Administered in the United States of by John Norton Pomeroy (1882)
"... a court of equity will not, in the absence of controlling motives of public
policy to the contrary, grant its aid by decreeing a recovery back of the ..."
5. The Law of Railways: Embracing the Law of Corporations, Eminent Domain by Isaac Fletcher Redfield (1888)
"Practice of Courts of Equity in decreeing Specific Performance. 1. Mutual arrangements
protected in Chancery. 2. But decisions are conflicting. ..."
6. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by United States Supreme Court, William Cranch, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard, Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1903)
"... so as to conform the same to the decree of this court, by decreeing the said
4000 acres to be surveyed within the bounds of the grant to the claimant, ..."