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Definition of Edict
1. Noun. A formal or authoritative proclamation.
2. Noun. 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"
Generic synonyms: Act, Enactment
Specialized synonyms: Consent Decree, Curfew, Decree Nisi, Imperial Decree, Judicial Separation, Legal Separation, Programma, Ban, Prohibition, Proscription, Stay, Bull, Papal Bull
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Derivative terms: Decree, Decree, Order, Order
Definition of Edict
1. n. A public command or ordinance by the sovereign power; the proclamation of a law made by an absolute authority, as if by the very act of announcement; a decree; as, the edicts of the Roman emperors; the edicts of the French monarch.
Definition of Edict
1. an authoritative order having the force of law [n -S] : EDICTAL [adj]
Medical Definition of Edict
1. A public command or ordinance by the sovereign power; the proclamation of a law made by an absolute authority, as if by the very act of announcement; a decree; as, the edicts of the Roman emperors; the edicts of the French monarch. "It stands as an edict in destiny." (Shak) Edict of Nantes, an edict issued by Henry IV. (A. D. 1598), giving toleration to Protestants. Its revocation by Louis XIV. (A. D. 1685) was followed by terrible persecutions and the expatriation of thousands of French Protestants. Synonym: Decree, proclamation, law, ordinance, statute, rule, order, manifesti, command. See Law. Origin: L. Edictum, fr. Edicere, edictum, to declare, proclaim; e out + dicere to say: cf. F. Edit. See Diction. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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