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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 937 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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EDICT (
See also:
Lat. edictum, from e, out, and dicere, to say, speak)
  , an order or proclamation issued under authority and having the force of law . The word is especially used of the promulgations of the
See also:
Roman praetor (q.v.), of the Roman emperors, and also of, the kings of France (see also ROMAN LAW) .

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