Decree

Decree stands for:

• Decree , legal act with the force of law
• Decree (administrative law) , instruction from an authority to a subordinate authority
• Circular decree , instruction from the highest federal or state authority
• Remission (private law) , contract by which the obligee releases the debtor from a debt
• Decree (tax law) , administrative act by which the tax administration waives taxes
• Decree (Switzerland) , generic term for a binding legal norm in Switzerland

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.