decree

Noun

• 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
    

Verb

• decide with authority
  • The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed
    

• issue a decree
  • The King only can decree
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  edict , fiat , order , rescript , rule