edict
If your mom orders you to clean your room, that’s an order. If the king asks you to do it, that’s an edict — an official order from some higher up.
Edict comes from the Latin editcum, meaning a “proclamation, or ordinance.” Although it was originally used to describe a declaration or command from a king or other governing official, in more recent years it has come to be used almost sarcastically to describe any order. When your teacher says the report is due Monday morning, no exceptions, you know you’ll be hitting the books this weekend — this is an edict you cannot ignore.
Definitions of edict
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a formal or authoritative proclamation
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type of:
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announcement, annunciation, declaration, proclamation
a formal public statement
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announcement, annunciation, declaration, proclamation
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a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
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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
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curfew
an order that after a specific time certain activities (as being outside on the streets) are prohibited
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decree nisi
a decree issued on a first petition for divorce; becomes absolute at some later date
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imperial decree
a decree issued by a sovereign ruler
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judicial separation, legal separation
a judicial decree regulating the rights and responsibilities of a married couple living apart
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programma
an edict that has been publicly posted
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ban, prohibition, proscription
a decree that prohibits something
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stay
a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted
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bull, papal bull
a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)
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ukase
an edict of the Russian tsar
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pragmatic, pragmatic sanction
an imperial decree that becomes part of the fundamental law of the land
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stay of execution
an order whereby a judgment is precluded from being executed for a specific period of time
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banning-order
an order that bans something
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cease and desist order, enjoining, enjoinment, injunction
(law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity
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interdict, interdiction
a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity
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