DECRETUM

By SovConn | June 23, 2014

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]