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Word	Definition
edictnoun	A proclamation of law or other authoritative command.
rulenoun	A regulation, law, guideline.
fiatnoun	An arbitrary or authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.
rescriptnoun	A rewriting, a document copied or written again.
ordernoun	(countable) A command.
actnoun	(countable) An instance of a certain standardized college admissions test in the United States, originally called the American College Test.
actsnoun	(biblical) Clipping of Acts of the Apostles. [(biblical) The fifth book in the New Testament of the Bible.]
by-lawsnoun	Alternative spelling of bylaw. [A local custom or law of a settlement or district.]
ceremoniesnoun	An official gathering to celebrate, commemorate, or otherwise mark some event.
decisionsnoun	The act of deciding.
decree-lawnoun	—
edictsnoun	A proclamation of law or other authoritative command.
enactmentsnoun	(law) The act of making (a bill) into law.
judgementsnoun	(chiefly Commonwealth) Alternative spelling of judgment. [The act of judging.]
judgmentsnoun	The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision.
lawsnoun	(US, slang, street slang, uncommon) The police.
oicnoun	Initialism of Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
ordainsverb	(religion) To admit into the ministry, for example as a priest, bishop, minister or Buddhist monk, or to authorize as a rabbi.
order-in-councilnoun	(law) In some Commonwealth parliamentary systems, a legally-enforceable decree by the executive branch of a government.
ordersnoun	A surname