| King Mswati III of Swaziland was forced to revoke an edict making it an offence to ridicule the royals by baring buttocks. |
| Rabbi Twerski says that a Talmid asked the Maggid of Mezeritch how one can fulfill the edict of this Gemara. |
| The intermarriages between the Hui and Han were further reinforced by the imperial edict in the Ming Dynasty. |
| The judge's edict that all copies be returned or destroyed has annoyed many, especially since they were lawfully obtained. |
| A royal edict of 1749 had ordered a round-up of all the homeless in Paris, children included, even those who were taking shelter in churches. |
| The court remonstrated that the edict did away with the last vestiges of its authority despite solemn pledges of previous kings. |
