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Edict




Edict

A law ordained by the sovereign, by which he forbids or commands something it extends either to the whole country, or only to some particular provinces.

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Sovereign
1) A chief ruler with supreme power; one possessing sovereignty. It is also applied to a king or other magistrate with limited powers. 2) English law. The name of a gold coin of Great Britain of the value of one pound sterling.

Country
By country is meant the state of which one is a member.



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Edict perpetual
The title of a compilation of all the edicts. This collection was made by Salvius Julianus, a jurist who was, selected by the emperor Adrian for the purpose, and who performed his task with credit to himself.

Edicts of justinian
These are thirteen constitutions or laws of that prince, found in most editions of the corpus juris civilis, after the Novels. Being confined to matters of police in the provinces of the empire, they are of little use.



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Ecclesiastical courts
English law. Courts held by the king's authority as supreme governor of the church, for matters which chiefly concern religion.

Ecclesiastical law
By this phrase it is intended to include all those rules which govern ecclesiastical tribunals.

Ecclesiastics
Canon law. Those persons who compose the hierarchial state of the church. They are regular and secular.

Eclampsia parturientium
Medical jurisprudence. The name of a disease accompanied by apoplectic convulsions, and which produces aberration of mind at childbirth.

Economic loss
Economic loss is financial damages sustained as a result of a tort or delict. The issue in the common law is the following: Should a plaintiff recover even when there has been no physical damage.

Edict

Edict perpetual
The title of a compilation of all the edicts. This collection was made by Salvius Julianus, a jurist who was, selected by the emperor Adrian for the purpose, and who performed his task with credit to himself.

Edicts of justinian
These are thirteen constitutions or laws of that prince, found in most editions of the corpus juris civilis, after the Novels. Being confined to matters of police in the provinces of the empire, they are of little use.

Editorial acceptance
The point in time at which a publisher or other consumer of writing agrees that the work satisfies the contracted for assignment even if some minor editorial work is still needed.

Education
Includes proper moral, as well as intellectual and physical, instruction. May be particularly directed to the mental, the moral or the physical powers and faculties, but in its broadest and best sense, relates to them all.

Effect
The operation of a law, of an agreement, or an act, is called its effect.

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