Edict
An edict was a type of public legal announcement.

In 2370, Benjamin Sisko stated that while governments could break off relations with an edict, this was not so easy for individuals. ()

In 2373, while inhabiting the body of Kes, Tieran planned to send out an edict that every citizen of  must have a garden. ()

By 2374, two of the most important Ramuran edicts were, that no one may leave Ramura and that no one reveal anything about them to other species. ()
Law