Hatti-sherif

Hat´ti-sher`if

    (hăt´tĭ`shĕr`ĭf or hät´tē`shã`rēf´)
n.1.A irrevocable Turkish decree countersigned by the sultan.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.