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edict Noun

— An edict is an official order or proclamation of law that is issued by an authoritative figure.

edict

— noun a formal or authoritative proclamation

— noun (= order) a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there

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edict English » English

decree

order

fiat

command

proclamation

law

commandment

rescript

ordinance

mandate

regulation

ukase

rule

proclaimation

prescript

injunction

enactment

directive

dictum

dictate

declaration

bidding

announcement

written order

writ

ultimatum

summons

statute

statement

set of regulations

sentence

requisition

punishment

public announcement

pronunciamento

promulgation

prohibition

prescription

oracle

notification

notice

manifesto

legislation

judicial decision

judgement

interdiction

interdict

instruction

imposition

imperative

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Social behavior Law

Laws

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  law act of law appointment bill command commandment constraint decree dogma edict judgment legislation ordinance prescription principle regulation requirement rule ruling religious law rubric standard statute

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The appropriate edict is in the hands of Mister Oppenheimer.

This child was put upon the water to save its life from your father's edict.

By edict of our most illustrious sovereign AIfonso,' 'King of Castile, Leon and Asturias, be it known that Rodrigo Vivar has outraged the Royal Personage and is hereby exiled for life.

You cannot erase god with an edict!

Government Edict number 826.

According to the law and our province's special edict, the betrothed being apart, the civil ceremony will be effected by proxy.

My, edict?

Your edict.

So the Emperor has issued an Imperial Edict, calling your Lord Yamamoto to Kyoto.

It was my edict that he be sent to Pluto's kingdom for a hundred years.

Someone in Zolodin said an edict in St Petersburg.

By edict of the Inquisition. to spread subversive thought is heresy.

By edict of the Inquisition. offenders will submit to purification. by sword or flame.

By edict of the Holy Office of the Inquisition. to read or interpret the Bible. is a sole province of the Church.

Now we'll see who's been obeying my edict to practice archery.

But Article 6 of the new edict is draconian.

Yeah. Government edict or no government edict, I somehow get the feeling that Wameru and automation were not meant for each other.

An edict, squire from the archbishop himself and by order of the king.

Someone from Zolodin told me an edict issued in St Petersburg.

Write down the tsar's edict.

Louis XIV revokes the Edict of Nantes.

An edict, squire, from the archbishop himself and by order of the king.

Papa didn't quite understand since there was an edict. prohibiting entry to local Jewish businesses.

When my predecessor, Pope Gregory, sent the edict to the brigands..whereby he promised impunity to repentants,..who repented, according to you?

Take off your disguises. Prepare for the formal edict.

Ngok, kneel for the Royal Edict.

Ngok, prepare to receive the Royal Edict.

Governments can break off relations with an edict.

I forgot the Edict of Nantes.

Never revoke the Edict of Nantes.

Tomorrow, we'll send out an edict.

Yes, I'm afraid my father's edict. has created quite a phenomenon.