#decree__edict__fiat__order__rescript a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"
supertype: #act__enactment a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
subtype: #consent_decree__consentdecree an agreement between two parties that is sanctioned by the court; for example, a company might agree to stop certain questionable practices without admitting guilt
subtype: #curfew an order that after a specific time certain activities (as being outside on the streets) are prohibited
subtype: #decree_nisi a decree issued on a first petition for divorce; becomes absolute at some later date
subtype: #imperial_decree a decree issued by a sovereign ruler
subtype: #ukase an edict of the Russian tsar
subtype: #pragmatic_sanction__pragmaticsanction an imperial decree that becomes part of the fundamental law of the land
subtype: #judicial_separation__legal_separation__legalseparation a judicial decree regulating the rights and responsibilities of a married couple living apart
subtype: #programma an edict that has been publicly posted
subtype: #proscription__prohibition__ban__interdiction a decree that prohibits something
subtype: #banning-order__banningorder an order that bans something
subtype: #enjoining__injunction__enjoinment__cease_and_desist_order (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity
subtype: #mandatory_injunction__mandatoryinjunction injunction requiring the performance of some specific act
subtype: #permanent_injunction__permanentinjunction__final_injunction__finalinjunction injunction issued on completion of a trial
subtype: #temporary_injunction__temporaryinjunction__interlocutory_injunction__interlocutoryinjunction injunction issued during a trial to maintain the status quo or preserve the subject matter of the litigation until the trial is over
subtype: #stay.decree a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted; "the Supreme Court has the power to stay an injunction pending an appeal to the whole Court"
subtype: #stay_of_execution an order whereby a judgment is precluded from being executed for a specific period of time
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