I
n.
1) to enact; issue a ~
2) to rescind, revoke a ~
3) a consent (legal); divorce; executive; government; royal ~
4) a ~ that + clause; subj. (we had to obey the ~ that beards be/should be shaved off)
II
v. ( formal ) ( L ; may be subj. ) the government ~d that a new tax be/should be imposed; the government ~d that it was illegal to traffic in furs