The Hippocratic Oath is a code of professional conduct that can be compared with a set of similar edicts set down by Confucius.

All the ayatollahs have voiced support for Ayatollah Sistani's demands for direct elections, though none have issued similar edicts.

Consider how certain communities and counties in other states have responded to similar edicts.

Sir Henry Clinton, Commander in Chief of British forces, issued a similar edict in New York in 1779.

The Democratic committee reported $35 million in the bank, and similar edicts have been issued to Democratic members.

In other countries, similar edicts may be known as decrees, or orders in council.

(This is not to be confused with many similar edicts of expulsion issued against the Jews in various cities in Europe.)

In 311, Galerius had made a similar edict, though it did not return any property to them.

Although the proclamation pertained only to the state of Missouri, Kentuckians feared that a similar edict might be applied by Frémont to their state.

The Uruguayans last week issued a similar edict, while the Argentine coastguard has harassed Spanish vessels that have been fishing in the Falklands waters.