DECERN

decern (di-s<<schwa>>rn), vb. Scots law. To decree; to give final judgment.

“Before the judgment or interlocutor of any court in Scotland can be extracted, to the effect

of warranting execution, it must import a decree. Hence, all extractable judgments close with the

word ‘decern.’ ” William Bell, Bell’s Dictionary and Digest of the Law of Scotland 287 (George

Watson ed., 7th ed. 1890). [Blacks Law 8th]