edict — Edict, ordonnance ou commandement fait par la bouche du Prince, ou magistrat Edictum. Edict propre pour aucun, duquel nul n avoit paravant usé, Peculiare edictum, nequis, etc. Faire un edict, ou loy sur certaine peine, Sancire. B. Edict imposant… … Thresor de la langue françoyse
edict — EDÍCT, edicte, s.n. 1. (În Roma antică) Act prin care un magistrat făcea cunoscute normele de drept şi formele juridice aplicate în timpul magistraturii lui. 2. (În antichitate şi în evul mediu) Decret important cu caracter normativ dat de un… … Dicționar Român
edict — I noun authoritative command, canon, command, consultum, declaration, decree, decretum, dictate, edictum, enactment, fiat, judgment, law, legislation, mandate, order, ordinance, precept, pronouncement, regulation, regulation by law, regulation by … Law dictionary
edict — late 15c., edycte; earlier edit, late 13c., proclamation having the force of law, from O.Fr. edit, from L. edictum proclamation, ordinance, edict, neut. pp. of edicere publish, proclaim, from e out (see EX (Cf. ex )) + dicere to say (see … Etymology dictionary
Edict — Edict, so v.w. Edictum, bes. 5); so: E. von Amboise, gegeben 1572 von Karl IX. König von Frankreich; enthält Bestimmungen über die neue Organisation der Polizei; E. von Chateaubriand, gegeben 1551 von Heinrich II, enthielt Bestimmungen über die… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
edict — [n] pronouncement, order act, canon, command, commandment, decree, decretum, dictate, dictum, directive, enactment, fiat, injunction, instrument, judgment, law, mandate, manifesto, ordinance, precept, prescript, proclamation, pronunciamento,… … New thesaurus
edict — ► NOUN ▪ an official order or proclamation. ORIGIN Latin edictum something proclaimed , from dicere say, tell … English terms dictionary
edict — [ē′dikt΄] n. [L edictum, neut. pp. of edicere, to proclaim < e , out + dicere, to speak: see DICTION] 1. an official public proclamation or order issued by authority; decree 2. any command or order edictal [ē dik′təl] adj … English World dictionary
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.Notable edicts*Edicts of Ashoka, by Ashoka the Great, of the Mauryan dynasty… … Wikipedia
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) * * * [ iːdɪkt] rescind an edict solemn edict a royal to issue an… … Combinatory dictionary
