Definition of edicts Edicts
/iˈdɪkts/ - [eedikts] -
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Wiktionary 
- edicts (Noun)
Plural of edict.
Part of speech
🔤- edicts, noun, plural of edict.
WordNet
NounPlural: edicts |
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| edict - a formal or authoritative proclamation | ||
| edict - 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" | ||
| decree, fiat, order, rescript | ||
| enactment, act the passing of a law by a legislative body | ||
| jurisprudence, law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do | ||
| consent decree an agreement between two parties that is sanctioned by the court; for example, a company might agree to stop certain questionable practices without admitting guilt | ||
| curfew an order that after a specific time certain activities (as being outside on the streets) are prohibited | ||
| decree nisi a decree issued on a first petition for divorce; becomes absolute at some later date | ||
| imperial decree a decree issued by a sovereign ruler | ||
| judicial separation, legal separation (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order) | ||
| programma an edict that has been publicly posted | ||
| proscription, ban, prohibition an official prohibition or edict against something | ||
| stay continuing or remaining in a place or state; "they had a nice stay in Paris"; "a lengthy hospital stay"; "a four-month stay in bankruptcy court" | ||
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Wiktionary
- edict (Noun)
A proclamation of law or other authoritative command.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- 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
A proclamation of law or other authoritative command.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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edict
ē′dikt, n. something proclaimed by authority: an order issued by a king or lawgiver.—adj. Edict′al.—adv. Edict′ally. [L. edictum—e, out, dicĕre, dictum, to say.]
Part of speech
🔤- edict, noun, singular of edicts.
