edict 音标拼音: ['idɪkt]
n . 布告,法令
布告,法令
edict n 1 :
a formal or authoritative proclamation 2 :
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 " [
synonym :
{
decree }, {
edict }, {
fiat }, {
order }, {
rescript }]
Edict \
E "
dict \,
n . [
L .
edictum ,
fr .
edicere ,
edictum ,
to declare ,
proclaim ;
e out dicere to say :
cf .
F . ['
e ]
dit .
See {
Diction }.]
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
It stands as an edict in destiny . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Edict of Nantes } (
French Hist .),
an edict issued by Henry IV . (
A .
D .
1598 ),
giving toleration to Protestants .
Its revocation by Louis XIV . (
A .
D .
1685 )
was followed by terrible persecutions and the expatriation of thousands of French Protestants .
Syn :
Decree ;
proclamation ;
law ;
ordinance ;
statute ;
rule ;
order ;
manifesti ;
command .
See {
Law }.
[
1913 Webster ]
70 Moby Thesaurus words for "
edict ":
act ,
announcement ,
annunciation ,
appointment ,
bill ,
brevet ,
bull ,
bulletin board ,
bylaw ,
canon ,
circular ,
communique ,
declaration ,
decree ,
decree -
law ,
decreement ,
decretal ,
decretum ,
dictate ,
dictation ,
dictum ,
diktat ,
directive ,
edictum ,
enactment ,
encyclical ,
enunciation ,
fiat ,
form ,
formality ,
formula ,
formulary ,
institution ,
instrument ,
ipse dixit ,
jus ,
law ,
legislation ,
lex ,
manifesto ,
measure ,
notice ,
notification ,
order ,
ordinance ,
ordonnance ,
position paper ,
precept ,
prescript ,
prescription ,
proclamation ,
program ,
programma ,
pronouncement ,
pronunciamento ,
public notice ,
regulation ,
report ,
rescript ,
rubric ,
rule ,
ruling ,
senatus consult ,
senatus consultum ,
standing order ,
statement ,
statute ,
ukase ,
white book ,
white paper EDICT .
A law ordained by the sovereign ,
by which he forbids or commands something it extends either to the whole country ,
or only to some particular provinces .
2 .
Edicts are somewhat similar to public proclamations .
Their difference consists in this ,
that the former have authority and form of law in themselves ,
whereas the latter are at most ,
declarations of a law ,
before enacted by congress ,
or the legislature .
3 .
Among the Romans this word sometimes signified ,
a citation to appear before a judge .
The edict of the emperors ,
also called constitutiones principum ,
were new laws which they made of their own motion ,
either to decide cases which they had foreseen ,
or to abolish or change some ancient laws .
They were different from their rescripts or decrees .
These edicts were the sources which contributed to the formation of the Gregorian ,
Hermogenian ,
Theodosian ,
and Justinian Codes .
Vide Dig .
1 ,
4 ,
1 ,
1 ;
Inst .
1 ,
2 ,
7 ;
Code ,
1 ,
1 Nov .
139 .
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