Decree vs Mandate - What's the difference?
decree | mandate |
An edict or law.
* Bible, Luke ii. 1
* Shakespeare
(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.
To command by a decree.
* Bible, Job xxii. 28
An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.
to authorize
to make mandatory
As nouns the difference between decree and mandate
is that decree is an edict or law while mandate is an official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.As verbs the difference between decree and mandate
is that decree is to command by a decree while mandate is to authorize.decree
English
Noun
(en noun)- There went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.
- Poor hand, why quiverest thou at this decree ?
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)- A court decrees a restoration of property.
- Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee.
