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

An official edict in 1717 restricted them to only 75 towns and districts, so that they would not be concentrated in any one region.

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

The official edict is reproduced below in full.

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

Christmas celebrations have also resumed, even though official edicts still ban displays of trees and lights in Government offices and buildings.

Lady Niuhuru proclaimed Minning as the successor to the throne before an official imperial edict was issued.

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

Converts began to be harassed without official edicts in the late 1820s, by local governments.

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