| adamant |
unlikely to change in response to any request or argument; firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. [1/3 definitions] |
| adamantine |
firmly decided or fixed; unyielding; adamant. [1/2 definitions] |
| arbitrate |
to submit to being settled or decided by arbitration. [1/4 definitions] |
| arrangement |
the act of putting together in a decided-upon way. [2/6 definitions] |
| basis |
a particular system, mode of operation, standard, or guiding principle that underlies the way something else is established, decided on, or managed. [1/3 definitions] |
| determinate |
in final form; decided; settled. [1/3 definitions] |
| determined |
decided; settled. [1/2 definitions] |
| fated |
decided by fate; predetermined. |
| intention |
a decided course of action; plan. [1/4 definitions] |
| judicial |
decided in or coming from a court of law. [1/3 definitions] |
| lot |
one's situation in life, esp. as decided by fate. [1/8 definitions] |
| open |
not yet decided on or concluded. [1/27 definitions] |
| pointed |
decided or pronounced. [1/3 definitions] |
| Prize Cases |
a U.S. Supreme Court case decided in 1863 that held that, despite the absence of a declaration of war, President Lincoln acted within his powers to order the seizure of ships blockaded from Southern ports. |
| put to a vote |
to submit (an issue, matter, or the like) to be decided upon by voting, or to carry out a vote on. |
| resolution |
a statement, decision, or course of action decided upon by a group or organization, esp. one formally adopted by a legislature. [1/8 definitions] |
| Schenck v. United States |
the U.S. Supreme Court case decided in 1919 that upheld the criminal conviction of the defendant for violation of the Espionage Act of 1917. In the majority opinion, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. argued that speech aimed to undermine military or naval operations during wartime presented a "clear and present danger" to the security of the country. |
| settle1 |
to cause (a matter) to be decided absolutely. [1/13 definitions] |
| tentative |
not yet fully developed or definitely decided; provisional. [1/2 definitions] |
| undecided |
not yet decided or determined. [1/2 definitions] |
| undetermined |
not specified, identified, decided, or enumerated. |