A court of law's final order officially ending a marriage, enabling either party to remarry.
〔英格兰律〕绝对判决，最后制令
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But the Court of Appeal held that at the date of the decree absolute there was no settlement in existence: the gift was not a settlement and the loan, which might have amounted to a settlement, had never been made.
A decree absolute was announced at York County Court on May 5, 2002.
Last Saturday the envelope containing my decree absolute landed on the mat.
After a long separation, they are now getting the decree absolute.
Thirteen illegal husbands later, she divorced her real spouse, before another genuine marriage in 1995 just eight weeks after her decree absolute.