Look up: edict

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   edict
   [n] - a formal or authoritative proclamation
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   edict
   in connection with official declarations of death, the summoning of the missing person to appear before the competent court within a specified period Category: Law
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   Edict
   E'dict noun [ Latin edictum , from edicere , edictum , to declare, proclaim; e out + dicere to say: confer French édit . See Diction .] 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 ed ...
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   edict
   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 tolerati ...
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   Edict
   An `edict` is an announcement of a law, often associated with monarchism. The Pope and various micronational leaders are currently the only persons who still issue edicts.
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   EDICT
   The `EDICT` project was started by Jim Breen in 1991 with the aim to provide a complete Japanese to English dictionary. Since that time it has been updated and expanded by many contributors. EDICT is simply a text file; other programs are needed to search and display it. Jim Breen's own on-line dictionary WWWJDIC is a convenient way of accessing the wealth of information contained in EDICT. This project is considered a standard Japanese-English ...
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   Edict
   • (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.
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   Edict
   (from the article `Theodoric`) Early in the 6th century Theodoric published his Edict, a collection of 154 rules and regulations. With one or two exceptions, these were not new ...
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   edict
   edict 1. That which is proclaimed by authority as a rule of action; an order issued by a sovereign to his subjects; an ordinance or proclamation having the force of law; especially, the edicts of the Roman praetors, and subsequently of the emperors, and of the French monarchs. Edict of Nantes, an edict issued by Henry IV of France, granting toleration ...
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