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decree taken pro confesso.See decree pro confesso under DECREE. [Blacks Law 8th]

decreet (di-kreet), n.[fr. Latin decretum] Archaic Scots law. A court’s final judgment; a decree. • Decree is now the usual term. decreet absolvitor (ab-zol-vi-t<<schwa>>r or -tor), n. See decree absolvitor under DECREE. decreet arbitral (ahr-bi-tr<<schwa>>l), n. See decree arbitral under DECREE. decreet  cognitionis  causa  (kog-nish-ee-oh-nis  kaw-z<<schwa>>),  n.  See  decree  cognitionis causa under DECREE.[Blacks Law 8th]

decree of furthcuming.See decree of forthcoming under DECREE. [Blacks Law 8th]

decree nunc pro tunc.See judgment nunc pro tunc under JUDGMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

decree,n.1.  Traditionally,  a  judicial  decision  in  a  court  of  equity,  admiralty,  divorce,  or probate  —  similar  to  a  judgment  of  a  court  of  law  <  the  judge’s  decree  in  favor  of  the  will’s beneficiary>.2.  A  court’s  final  judgment. 3.  Any  court  order,  but esp.  one  in  a  matrimonial  case <divorce  decree>.  See  JUDGMENT;  ORDER(2);  DECISION. …

decreasing term life insurance.See decreasing term insurance under INSURANCE. [Blacks Law 8th]

decreasing term insurance.See INSURANCE. [Blacks Law 8th]

decoy letter.A letter prepared and mailed to detect a criminal who has violated the postal or revenue laws. [Cases: Postal Service    31.8, 42. C.J.S. Postal Service and Offenses Against Postal Laws § 56.] [Blacks Law 8th]

decoy,vb. Slang.To entice (a person) without force; to inveigle <the victim was decoyed out of  her  home>  <the  defendant  was  decoyed  into  the  county  and  then  served  with  process>.  See ENTRAPMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

de  corrodio  habendo  (dee  k<<schwa>>-roh-dee-oh  h<<schwa>>-ben-doh),  n.[Law  Latin “writ for having a corody”] Hist. A writ to obtain an allowance, esp. of meat or other sustenance, from a religious house for a royal servant living there. [Blacks Law 8th]