II.   Instruments & Transactions

A Decree is a type of formal Instrument issued under the Scientiam Mysteria (Occult Knowledge) standards of instruments and writing formed under King Henry VIII of England from the 16th Century as a form of Order pronounced by a Justice on the conclusion of hearing of a suit. Since the introduction of the Judicature Acts of the 19th Century, the Decree is replaced with the concept of a Judgment.

In respect of Decree:

(i) In matrimonial suits in the Probate, or Divorce or Admiralty Division of the High Court, every Decree for Dissolution or nullity of the marriage is in the first instance a Decree Nisi – or provisional and cannot be made absolute until after the expiration of a certain time, during which time a party is at liberty to show cause to the Court why the Decree should not be made absolute; and

(ii) In the Court of Arches, a suit is commenced by a process called a Decree, which is the same thing as a citation; and

(iii) A final Interlocutory Decree is the same thing as a definitive sentence, except it is under the hand of the registrar and not a judge.