Term: consent decree: 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
Broader: decree: a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) | Unrelated: fascism: a political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government (as opposed to democracy or liberalism)
Broader: decree: a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) | Unrelated: intestacy: the situation of being or dying without a legally valid will
Broader: decree: a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) | Unrelated: bankruptcy: a legal process intended to insure equality among the creditors of a corporation declared to be insolvent
Broader: decree: a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) | Unrelated: patroness: a woman who is a patron or the wife of a patron
Broader: decree: a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) | Unrelated: priggishness: exaggerated and arrogant properness
Broader: decree: a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) | Unrelated: single quote: a single quotation mark
Broader: decree: a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) | Unrelated: child welfare agency: an administrative unit responsible for social work concerned with the welfare and vocational training of children
Broader: decree: a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) | Unrelated: genus gloxinia: small genus of tropical American herbs with leafy stems and axillary flowers
Broader: decree: a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) | Unrelated: welfare state: a government that undertakes responsibility for the welfare of its citizens through programs in public health and public housing and pensions and unemployment compensation etc.
Broader: decree: a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) | Unrelated: electrocution: killing by electric shock