Decretum
/ (dɪˈkriːtəm) /
RC Church the name given to various collections of canon law, esp that made by the monk Gratian in the 12th century, which forms the first part of the Corpus Juris Canonici
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Lex non est Decretum mere disciplinare: e natura ipsa contractus matrimonialis desumitur.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyGratian completed the Decretum about 1151, and probably survived some years, but I have not met with the date of his death.
Decretum est ut public recitand concessio ab Imperatore peteretur.
History of the Great Reformation, Volume IV | J. H. Merle D'AubignMarius post bellum Numidicum iterum consul creatus bellumque ei contra Cimbros et Teutones Decretum est.
Selections from Viri Romae | Charles Franois L'HomondGratian in the Decretum proclaims the views of St Augustine (exile and fines).
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