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.
A statement or decree outlining an organization's position on some important matter.
A statement or decree outlining on organisation's position on some important matter.
a formal or authoritative proclamation
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"
a command or law issued by a sovereign , and is peculiar to a despotic government
a command given by a person in authority.
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.