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ēdictum ï, n

edico, a proclamation, ordinance, edict, manifesto (of a magistrate or generalin-chief): consul praetor nova edicta proponunt: civem edicto eicere: proconsulis, L.: rex Edicto vetuit ne quis, etc., H. — Esp., of the praetor, an edict, inaugural address (declaring the principles on which he will administer justice): praetoris edictum legem annuam esse: finem edicto praetoris adferunt Kal. Ian.: in edictis praetoriis prudens, i. e. learned in the law as defined by successive praetors : iudicium ex edicto dare. — An order, command : tuom, T.

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