Noun: edict 'ee,dikt
- A formal or authoritative proclamation
"The king issued an edict requiring all citizens to pay a new tax"
- (law) 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 edict caused no trouble out there";
- decree, fiat, order, rescript
Derived forms: edicts
Type of: act, announcement, annunciation, declaration, enactment, proclamation
Encyclopedia: Edict