A Proclamation
Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, a proclamation was issued by the president of the United States, containing, among other things, the following, to wit: ...
WRIT OF PROCLAMATION, Engl. practice. A writ which issues, at the same time with the exigi facias, by virtue of Stat. 31 Eliz. c. 3, s. 1, by which the sheriff is commanded to make proclamations in the statute prescribed.
The public proclamation of the government of a state, by which it declares itself to be at war with a foreign power, and which forbids all and every one to aid or assist the common enemy.
*edictum - a proclamation of a magistrate. The praetor's Edict in particular contained the various formulae for causes of action he intended to recognize during his tenure of office.
When Abraham Lincoln outlawed slavery he did so in a law called the "emancipation proclamation".
It is declared, by a proclamation issued by the executive, that ordinary law is inadequate to cope with the circumstances, and provides exceptional means of arrest and punishment of persons who resist the government or aid the enemy.
For example, on January 1, 1863, slaves in the confederate states were declared free by an executive order of President Lincoln, known as the "Emancipation Proclamation.
" This is not the proclamation of a state "religion" but the common-sense principle that wise people believe truth ultimately prevails over falsehood, that good is its own reward, and that love is better than selfishness and hate.
(v) When an action, decision, order or proclamations etc are taken in a form almost similar to the legal or judicial process, other than by a judicial authority or judicial process such situations are qualified as 'Quasi'.
compare constitution proclamation
b : a statement of the value of property that is subject to a tax (as a duty)
also
: a statement of the amount of tax estimated to be due (as on property or income)
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shall go to that place and, after approaching as near as is safe, if the person is satisfied that a riot is in progress, shall command silence and thereupon make or cause to be made in a loud voice a proclamation in the following words or to the like ...
as: a provision in a Bill which enables primary legislation to be amended or repealed by subordinate legislation, with or without further Parliamentary scrutiny. [HL 57 1992-93, para 10] The clauses were so named from the Statute of Proclamations ...
Ban; Bann. A.S. gebann: L.L. bandum, bannum, a proclamation. Public proclamation or notice.
statute
n. law enacted by the state legislature. Local statutes or laws are usually called "ordinances". Regulations, rulings, opinions, executive orders and proclamations are not statutes.
The term was also used when slavery was legal to describe a former slave that had bought or been given freedom from his or her master. When Abraham Lincoln outlawed slavery he did so in a law called the "emancipation proclamation".
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Legislation, secondary Any delegated or subordinate legislation issued by the executive, such as regulations, notices and proclamations.
 See also: Law, Person, Order, Were, Count
  
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