decretal

adj

1. Pertaining to a decree.

   “[T]his finding, when read in conjunction with the other findings, as well as decretal portions of the final judgment, is more logically interpreted as a reference to the successful operation of the business […]”

noun

1. A papal decree, particularly one derived from an ecclesiastical letter.

   “Or els is thys Goddis law, Decrees or decretals, Or holy sinodals, Or els provincyals, Thus within the wals Of holy church to deale[…]?”

2. (archaic)Any decree or pronounced instruction.

   “[…] picturals / Of Magistrates, of courts, of tribunals, / Of commen wealthes, of states, of pollicy, / Of lawes, of iudgements, and of decretals […]”