Sentence examples for formal edict from inspiring English sources

Moreover, since the ruling was in response to a specific question, it was probably meant as an advisory opinion rather than a formal edict.

The ethos is that "to govern perfectly it is necessary to avoid governing too much". There seems to be no need for formal edicts or dictates: "Our people would be quite shocked by having to declare that one policy was completely right and another completely wrong". And yet there does seem to be a clear understanding and acceptance of what is wrong behavior.

A fatwa, or edict, is usually a formal document, signed and witnessed and given under seal at the end of a legal proceeding, but this was just a piece of paper bearing a typewritten text.

The emir issued an edict banning ornate and excessively formal writing in government documents; the beginning of a modern Persian prose style dates from this time.

These inscriptions contain royal edicts and similar texts composed in a very formal style; they contributed little to the development of literature in Iran.

Security detail enforces edict.

The edict was largely ignored.

Not everyone followed the night's edict.

Edict of Toleration, German Toleranzpatent, (Oct.

That edict matched Mr. Berlanti's sensibilities.

THE edict came with the invitation.