decree (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. dēcrētum (usu. of the senate or superior magistrates)2. consultum (also less freq. consultus, ūs3. scītum (usu. of the commons)4. jussum (of the people; but a less formal and authoritative term)5. ēdictum (the legal ordinance of a magistrate; esp. a praetor)6. praescriptum • decree (subs.): 1. dēcrētum (usu. of the senate or superior magistrates): a d. of the senate, senatus d., Caes.: Cic. 2. consultum (also less freq. consultus, ūs: Sall.: Plin.): only of the senate, senatus-consultum, also written S. C., Cic.: Liv. (S.-consultum denotes a decree that has been deliberately considered: S.-decretum may refer to any special decision: Dict. Ant. 387. Auctoritas is also used less formally of expressed opinions of the senate: v. Smith's Lat. Dict. s. v.) 3. scītum (usu. of the commons): a d. of the plebs was made on the motion of the tribunes, s. plebis est factum rogantibus tribunis, Liv.: Cic.: more freq. written as one word, plēbiscītum, Cic.: Liv. (populi scitum when other nations are referred to, Liv.: but Tac. has populi scita of the Roman people: A. 3, 58): less freq. of other official ordinances: the d.s of the Pontifex., publica Pontificis scita, Liv. 4. jussum (of the people; but a less formal and authoritative term): cf. Cic. Caec. 33, 96. Join: jussa ac scita, Cic. Balb. 18, 42. 5. ēdictum (the legal ordinance of a magistrate; esp. a praetor): v. edict. 6. praescriptum: v. rule.