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English to English noun
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a formal or authoritative proclamation |  | source: wordnet30
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a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) | | Example: a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there
source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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