Associations to the word «Edict»

Wiktionary

EDICT, noun. A proclamation of law or other authoritative command

Dictionary definition

EDICT, noun. A formal or authoritative proclamation.
EDICT, noun. 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".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope