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  • n  a formal or authoritative proclamation
  • n  a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)

  • That deal left conservatives without the votes to push through a constitutional amendment they sought to effectively overrule the court's edict.
  • The esoteric edict is one in a string of attempts by some religious groups and parties in Indonesia to influence morality in the country efforts that not everyone in the Muslim .
  • Lukman S Bintoro The esoteric edict is one in a string of attempts by some religious groups and parties in Indonesia to influence morality in the country efforts that not .
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  • Ayman al-Zawahri in Reuters
    Not even one Shi'ite authority -- whether in Iraq or elsewhere -- has issued a fatwa (religious edict) obligating jihad and taking up of arms against the American Crusader invaders in Iraq and Afghanistan,Zawahri said.
  • Rick Perry in World Socialist Web Site
    In keeping with US contempt for international law, Texas Governor Rick Perry commented, "the world court has no standing in Texas and Texas is not bound by a ruling or edict from a foreign court."

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