ANNOUNCEMENT OF A LAW, OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH MONARCHISM
Edicts; Imperial edict
edict
MULTILINGUAL JAPANESE–ENGLISH DICTIONARY
Jmdict; JMDict; EDICT
['i:d?kt]
¦ noun an official order or proclamation.
Derivatives
edictal ?'d?kt(?)l adjective
Origin
ME: from L. edictum 'something proclaimed', neut. past participle of edicere, from e- (var. of ex-) 'out' + dicere 'say, tell'.
edict
MULTILINGUAL JAPANESE–ENGLISH DICTIONARY
Jmdict; JMDict; EDICT
n.
1) to issue an edict
2) to recall, rescind an edict
3) a royal; solemn edict
4) an edict that + clause (the government issued an edict that all prisoners would be released)
Edict
MULTILINGUAL JAPANESE–ENGLISH DICTIONARY
Jmdict; JMDict; EDICT
·noun 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.
Википедия
Edict
An edict is a decree or announcement of a law, often associated with monarchism, but it can be under any official authority. Synonyms include "dictum" and "pronouncement".