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Avow vs Decree - What's the difference?

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In legal|lang=en terms the difference between avow and decree

is that avow is (legal) to acknowledge and justify, as an act done see avowry while decree is (legal) the determination of a cause in a court of admiralty or court of probate.

As verbs the difference between avow and decree

is that avow is to declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly while decree is to command by a decree.

As nouns the difference between avow and decree

is that avow is (obsolete) avowal while decree is an edict or law.

avow

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly.
  • * 1858 , Henry Stephens Randall, The Life of Thomas Jefferson (volume 1, page 461)
    • in 1786, and for some period later, there were few, if any, prominent Americans, who avowed themselves in favor of broadly democratic systems.
  • To bind or devote by a vow.
    • (Wyclif)
  • (legal) To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See avowry.
    • (Blackstone)

    Antonyms

    * disavow

    Related terms

    * advocate * avowable * avowably * avowal * avowance * avowed * avowedly * avower

    Noun

  • (obsolete) avowal
    • (Dryden)

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    decree

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An edict or law.
  • * Bible, Luke ii. 1
    • There went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Poor hand, why quiverest thou at this decree ?
  • (legal) The judicial decision in a litigated cause rendered by a court of equity.
  • (legal) The determination of a cause in a court of admiralty or court of probate.

    • Usage notes

    * It is accurate to use the word judgment' for a decision of a '''court of law''', and '''decree''' from a ' court of equity , although the former term now includes both.

    Derived terms

    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Verb

    (d)
  • To command by a decree.
    • A court decrees a restoration of property.
  • * Bible, Job xxii. 28
    • Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee.

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