Sentence examples for official edicts from inspiring English sources

Thais have their anarchic side and are often only whimsically bound by official edicts and visions.

The official edicts issued and the unofficial guidelines some internees adopted to get through the ordeal feel equally on the mark.

The volume of this type of material was so large by the 18th century that the government began issuing official edicts against it, and some arrests and prosecutions followed.

A database of previously-published English translations of official edicts and memorials from nineteenth century China's Qing dynasty, spanning from the Macartney Mission in 1793 to the abdication of the last emperor in 1912.

After Mr. Morsi met for hours with the judges of Egypt's Supreme Judicial Council, his spokesman read an "explanation" on television that appeared to backtrack from a presidential decree placing Mr. Morsi's official edicts above judicial scrutiny — even while saying the president had not actually changed a word of the statement.

This is the ultimate Indian irony: an obsession with pronouncing upon human behaviour and codifying it in official edicts, sometimes hurriedly, not always wisely or compassionately, frequently for political expediency – in a country that makes a mockery out of following the law.

That name has persisted quietly, at some subconscious civic level, without official edict.

But a decade ago, an official edict limited the number of pubs any brewer could own.

The Pentagon Papers case stands today as a barrier to silence by official edict.

An official edict was hurriedly passed, banning women from setting foot on the stage unless they were wearing suitable undergarments.

Traditionally, the relationships between shoeshine workers and their firms have been supported by custom — and amenable security guards — rather than official edict.