Édictées

Édictées is the feminine plural past participle of the French verb édicter, used as an adjective to describe texts or acts that have been issued by decree or edict. In legal and administrative language, a document described as édicté or édictée is one proclaimed by an authority, such as a government or sovereign.

The word derives from Latin edictum, meaning a proclamation. The feminine plural form édictées agrees with feminine plural nouns, for example lois édictées or règles édictées. This construction signals that the texts in question have been formally issued rather than simply proposed or discussed.

Usage and nuance: Édictées appears primarily in formal, legal, or historical contexts. Common collocations include lois édictées, décrets édictés, and textes édictés, all referring to laws, decrees, or texts that have been officially issued. It contrasts with more everyday terminology such as adoptées, promulguées, or publiées, depending on the precise sense (adopted, promulgated, or published).

Distinctions: Édictées should not be confused with dictées (dictations) or éditées (edited/published). While both édictées and éditées touch on publication-like aspects, édictées emphasizes the authoritative issuance by decree, whereas éditées focuses on publication or edition.

In modern usage, édictées appears most often in formal or historical writing about legal acts, edicts, or regulations that have been issued by an authority.