The hats representing the fire and police departments and other city agencies became a minor flash point last season, the 10th anniversary of the attacks, as the Mets players briefly considered ignoring a major league edict forbidding them to be donned during the game itself.
If you were to issue an edict forbidding major international artists to play anything composed below the Equator, or even below the Tropic of Cancer, you might hear a few pained cries from cellists who perform Villa-Lobos's "Bachiana Brasileira No. 5" and some whining from pianists who use Percy Grainger's folk-tune arrangements as encores.
Some of this debate stems from the bizarre edict from the major league office that a 35-man roster must have a utility player.
Mr. Valenti has said all the major studios agreed to the edict, fearing that the DVD's, called screeners, would either end up on the black market or be distributed online.
On Tuesday morning, he followed up these edicts by signing major disaster declarations for New York and New Jersey, which will make it easier for them to access federal assistance.
He has shown he could act impulsively even on crucial government edicts that could have major economic consequences worldwide.
Getting the edict on women rescinded was a major breakthrough for Mr. de Mul and the United Nations.
These edicts are considered law in Saudi Arabia if the edict is signed by the majority of the committee members.
After getting no immediate responses from his division leaders, Maloney issued an edict: Each division president would have to justify every major consulting project that is, those costing more than $100,000 per year.
But will LCWR members choose to follow Müller's edict that Sartain have approval power over speakers at major events?
During the later stages of the republic, these praetorian and magisterial edicts became an instrument of legal reform, and leges ceased to be a major source of private law.
