Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Decreta
n. [Latin "decisions"] Roman law. Judgments of magistrates; esp.' sentences pronounced by the emperor as the supreme judge. See DECRETUM. "Decreta. In Roman law decisions of magistrates given after investigation of a case by cognilio ... and in particular, decisions of the emperor as judge of first instance after trial by cognitio, or as a judge of appeal. As the highest authority in the State the emperor could interpret the law freely and even introduce new principles. Consequently imperial decisions were authoritative interpretations of the law or even innovatory and regarded as statements binding for the future, and as such quoted by the jurists. They were not only communicated to the parties but recorded in the records of the imperial court and private persons might obtain copies of them." David M. Walker, The Oxford Companion to Law 343 (1980).
Decreta conciliorum non ligant reges nostros
The decrees of councils do not bind our kings.
Decretal
adj. Of or relating to a decree.
Leges Angliae sunt tripartitae: jus commune, consuetudines, ac decreta comitiorum
The laws of England are threefold: common law, customs, and decrees of parliament.
decretal interdict
An interdict that signified the praetor's order or decree by applying the remedy in a pending case.
decretal order
. A court of chancery's interlocutory order that is issued on motion of a party and has the effect of a final decree. See decree nisi under DECREE.
decretals
n. Eccles. law. Canonical epistles written either by the Pope or by the Pope and his cardinals to settle controversial matters; esp., the second part of the Corpus Juris Canonici, canonical epistles consisting mainly of: (1) Decretales Gregorii Noni, a collection by Raymundus Barcinius, chaplain to Gregory IX, dating from about 1227; (2) Decretales Bonifacii Octaui, a collection by Boniface VIII in the year 1298; (3) Clementinae, a collection of Clement V, published in the year 1308; and (4) the Extrauagantes, a collection by John XXII and other bishops. - Also (in Law Latin) Decretales. See CANON LAW.
senatus decreta
n. [Latin] Roman law. The senate's decisions.