[1] Public announcement by magistrates
Edictum (from edicere) is a binding public announcement by Roman office bearers ( magistratus ), which presented either concrete orders or a ‘governmental agenda’ [1. 58] for the coming term of office. The word suggests an originally oral announcement [2. 178], but the historically documented form is a recording on an album (‘white wooden plate’) at the magistrate's office. Liter…