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Edict

Edict [fr. edictum, Lat.], a proclamation, command, or prohibition; a law promulgated. A formal decree, demand or proclamation issued

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Edict

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

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Kennelworth edict

Kennelworth edict (dictum sive edictum de Kennelworth). An edict or award between Henry III and those who had been in

Nantes, edict of

Nantes, edict of, for the security of Protestants, made by Henry IV. of France, and revoked by Louis XIV., October

Embargo

An edict or order of the government prohibiting the departure of ships of commerce from some or all of the

Statute

Statute, a law, an edict of the legislature, an Act of Parliament. See ACT OF PARLIAMENT. A law passed by legislative body, Black's

Civil Law

the laws of the Twelve Tables; the second, their interpretation; and the third, the forms of pleadings. (4) Edictum Perpetuum Juliani, Offilius, in Julius C'sar's time, made a compilation of the Pr'tor's Edicts, which was made perpetual

Jus honorarium

Jus honorarium, the body of Roman Law, which was made up of edicts of the supreme magistrate, particularly the pr'tors. Jus honorarium, means 'magisterial law'. The body of law established by

Restitutio in integrum

the contract was made, or the transaction took place. The restitutio here spoken of is founded on the edict. If the contract or transaction is such as not to be valid, according to the jus civile this

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