Edict

edict [ EE-dikt ]
[ noun ]

MEANING :
1. (n.) a decree issued by an authority
2. (n.) a command or order by a sovereign

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
The king’s edict was that peasants were not allowed to hunt deer.

USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
Mr Condino said an edict by Nicholas II dated 1908 stipulated the "effective owner" was the cabinet of the tsar, a state body.