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decerniture Sc. Law.|dɪˈsɜːnɪtjʊə(r)|
[f. decern v. (or its source); the formation is irregular, imitative of such pairs as invest, investiture. Cf. cerniture.]
The action of decerning; a decree of a (Scotch) court of justice.
1632Lithgow Trav. ix. 380 Being urged to it by Captaine Wairds decernitour, I freely performed his Direction. 1666in Brown Supplt. Morrison's Decisions (1826) I. 517 Sufficient to maintain his right of the stipend, and to infer decerniture against the heritors. 1885D. Beveridge Culross & Tulliallan I. iv. 130 We find two decernitures in favour of Bessie Bur. 1885Ld. Selborne in Law Rep. 10 Appeal 500 The first question..is, whether the decerniture in terms of the declaratory conclusions of the summons is..correct. |