PRIMUM DECRETUM

By SovConn | July 28, 2014

primum decretum (prI-m<<schwa>>m di-kree-t<<schwa>>m). [Latin “first decree”] 1. Hist. Eccles. law. A preliminary decree granted in favor of the plaintiff on the nonappearance of a defendant. 2. Maritime law. A provisional decree.

[Blacks Law 8th]

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