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Decretum Gratiani (di-kree-t<<schwa>>m gray-shee-ay-nI), n.[Latin “Gratian’s decree”] See CONCORDIA DISCORDANTIUM CANONUM. [Blacks Law 8th]

decretist  (di-kree-tist),  n.  In  medieval  universities,  a  law  student;  esp.,  a  student  or commentator on Gratian’s Decretum. [Blacks Law 8th]

decretum  (di-kree-t<<schwa>>m),  n.[Latin  “a  decision  having  mandatory  force”]  1.Roman law. A decision of a magistrate, esp. a judgment by the emperor at first instance or on appeal. • A decretum of the emperor was a type of imperial constitution. 2.Eccles. law. An ecclesiastical law, as distinguished from a secular law. Pl. decreta.See DECRETA. [Blacks Law 8th]

decretal order.See ORDER(2). [Blacks Law 8th]

decretal interdict.See INTERDICT(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

decretal child support.See CHILD SUPPORT. [Blacks Law 8th]

decretal (di-kree-t<<schwa>>l), adj. Of or relating to a decree. [Blacks Law 8th]

decreta  (di-kree-t<<schwa>>),  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 cognitio…  and  in  particular,  decisions  of  the  emperor  as  judge  of  first  instance  after  trial  by cognitio, or as a…

decrepit (di-krep-it), adj. (Of a person) disabled; physically or mentally incompetent to such an  extent  that  the  individual  would  be  helpless in  a  personal  conflict  with  a  person  of  ordinary health and strength. [Blacks Law 8th]

decrementum  maris  (dek-r<<schwa>>-men-t<<schwa>>m  mar-is).  [Latin  “decrease  of  the sea”] The receding of the sea from the land. [Blacks Law 8th]