Letter of Artaxerxes to Ezra ( Artaxerxes ' rescript ): King Artaxerxes is moved by God to commission Ezra " to inquire about Judah and Jerusalem with regard to the Law of your God " and to " appoint magistrates and judges to administer justice to all the people of Trans-Euphrates — all who know the laws of your God.

" This sentence is located randomly in the middle of a discussion of southern Italy ; no further mention of Britain is made, which has led some, though not all, modern academics to suggest that the rescript does not apply to Britain, but to Bruttium in Italy.

From the circumstance that the Breviarium has prefixed to it a royal rescript ( commonitorium ) directing that copies of it, certified under the hand of Anianus, should be received exclusively as law throughout the kingdom of the Visigoths, the compilation of the code has been attributed to Anianus by many writers, and it is frequently designated the Breviary of Anianus ( Breviarium Aniani ).

In one rescript replying to a petition made by the inhabitants of Tyre, transcrbed by Eusebius of Caesarea, Maximinus expounds an unusual pagan orthodoxy, explaining that it is through " the kindly care of the gods " that one could hope for good crops, health and the peaceful sea, and, that not being the case, one should blame " the destructive error of the empty vanity of those impious men weighed down the whole world with shame ".

is an imperial rescript issued by the Emperor Shōwa ( Hirohito ) as part of a New Year ’ s statement on January 1, 1946 at the request of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers.

In the rescript, which follows the Five Charter Oath of 1868, the Emperor denied the concept of his being a living god, which would eventually lead to the promulgation of the new Constitution, under which the Emperor is “ the symbol of the State and of the unity of the people .”

The rescript is not officially titled, but apart from its popular name, “ Humanity Declaration ” or “ Ningen-sengen ”, it is also known as and.

This interpretation is confirmed by the fact that the imperial rescript was published with a commentary by Prime Minister Kijūrō Shidehara that dwelled exclusively on the prior existence of democracy in the Meiji era and did not make even passing reference to the emperor's " renunciation of divinity ".

He is mentioned in a rescript of Gordian III in the year 240 in connection with a responsum which he gave to the party to whom the rescript was addressed.

An important effect of the issue of a document in this way is that a rescript containing the clause " motu proprio " is valid and produces its effect even in cases where fraud would ordinarily have vitiated the document, since the Pope does not rely on the reasons alleged when he grants a favour.

Withholding of the truth in what, according to canonical law, style and practice, must for validity be expressed, normally renders a rescript invalid, but not if the rescript is issued " motu proprio ".

Hispellum received the name of Flavia Constans by a rescript of the emperor Constantine, a copy of which on a marble tablet is still preserved at the Communal Palace of Spello.

It is mentioned in a rescript from Rome about 138 BC, in connection with other cities and rulers of the East, to show favor to the Jews.

Thus, it is necessary that proceedings will show respect for the Imperial rescript, be united in purpose with the Daijō-kan, take the fundamentals of government to heart, judiciously address matters which arise, and act to ensure that unity within the country is not compromised.

In …, the first Emperor said in a rescript: " Ts ' an Emperor Nintoku ( r. ca.

Epiphanius, writing of Joseph of Tiberias, a wealthy Roman Jew who converted to Christianity in the time of Constantine, says he claimed to have received an imperial rescript to build Christian churches in Jewish towns and villages where no gentiles or Samaritans dwell, naming Tiberias, Diocaesarea, Sepphoris, Nazareth and Capernaum.

Since this rescript starts with a full quote from the Five Charter Oath of 1868 by the Meiji Emperor, the Emperor's true intention was that Japan had already been democratic in the Meiji era and was not democratized by the occupiers.

In the strictest sense of the word, it means a papal rescript ( rescriptum ), an answer of the pope when he has been appealed to or his advice has been sought on a matter of discipline.

The college consisted of a president ( the dean of Arches for the time being ) and of those doctors of law who, having regularly taken that degree in either of the universities of Oxford or Cambridge, and having been admitted advocates in pursuance of the rescript of the archbishop of Canterbury, were elected " fellows " in the manner prescribed by the charter.

In a 31 March 302 rescript from Alexandria, he declared that low-status Manicheans must be executed by the blade, and high-status Manicheans must be sent to work in the quarries of Proconnesus ( Marmara Island, Turkey ) or the mines of Phaeno in southern Palestine.

* Eras as reckoned by legitimate Court ( as determined by Meiji rescript )

* Eras as reckoned by pretender Court ( as determined by Meiji rescript )

* Eras as reckoned by legitimate Court ( as determined by Meiji rescript )

* Eras as reckoned by pretender Court ( as determined by Meiji rescript )

* Eras as reckoned by legitimate Court ( as determined by Meiji rescript )

* Eras as reckoned by pretender Court ( as determined by Meiji rescript )

* Eras as reckoned by legitimate sovereign's Court ( as determined by Meiji rescript )

* Eras as reckoned by pretender sovereign's Court ( as determined by Meiji rescript )

* Eras as reckoned by legitimate Court ( as determined by Meiji rescript )

* Eras as reckoned by pretender Court ( as determined by Meiji rescript )

* Eras as reckoned by legitimate Court ( as determined by Meiji rescript )

* Eras as reckoned by pretender Court ( as determined by Meiji rescript )

As pope, he continued the policy of his predecessor Leo who, in his contest with Hilary of Arles, had obtained from Valentinian III a famous rescript of 445 confirming the supremacy of the Bishop of Rome.

Frederick VII, who had succeeded his father at the end of January, declared ( March 4 ) that he had no right to deal in this way with Schleswig, and, yielding to the importunity of the Eider-Danish party, withdrew the rescript of January ( April 4 ) and announced to the people of Schleswig ( March 27 ) the promulgation of a liberal constitution under which the duchy, while preserving its local autonomy, would become an integral part of Denmark.

An imperial rescript was obtained imposing the severest penalties on all who dared to reject the communion of the patriarchs.

A rescript from Theodosius procured by Proclus, declaring his wish that all should live in peace and that no imputation should be made against anyone who died in communion with the church, appeased the storm.

He was convinced that the United States and Japan could reach a true agreement, and when that happened, he would radio back to the palace, and the Emperor would issue a rescript ordering a complete halt to all aggressive activities.

* Imperial rescript endorsing the treaty of Portsmouth ( from the National Archives of Japan )

Thus, the same day as the rescript was issued, General Douglas MacArthur announced that he was very much pleased with the Emperor's statement, which he saw as his commitment to lead his people in the democratization of Japan.

In Emesa he was apparently still alive and in good health: he issued the only extant rescript in his name there, but after he left the city, his staff, including the prefect Aper, reported that he suffered from an inflammation of the eyes.

The duchy was constituted by rescript of 20 December 1860, and by imperial patent of 26 February 1861, modified by legislation of 21 December 1867, granting power to the home parliament to enact all laws not reserved to the imperial diet, at which it was represented by eleven delegates, of whom two elected by the landowners, three by the cities, towns, commercial and industrial boards, five by the village communes, and one by a fifth curia by secret ballot, every duly registered male twenty-four years of age has the right to vote.

Under Article 73 the new constitution was formally submitted to the Imperial Diet by the Emperor, through an imperial rescript issued on 20 June.

* Judicial review: Article 98 provides that the constitution takes precedence over any " law, ordinance, imperial rescript or other act of government " that offends against its provisions.

In Emesa he was apparently still alive and in good health, as he issued the only extant rescript in his name there.

He called for elections to be held by 1882 and for a national assembly to be convened by 1883 ; in doing so, he precipitated a political crisis that ended with an 1881 imperial rescript declaring the establishment of a national assembly in 1890 and dismissing Okuma.

His efforts were not at first successful, for at the synod of Biterrae ( Béziers ), summoned in 356 by the Emperor Constantius with the professed purpose of settling the longstanding disputes, Hilary was, by an imperial rescript, banished with Rhodanus of Toulouse to Phrygia, where he spent nearly four years in exile.

Almost eighty years later, in the wake of the Second World War, Emperor Hirohito paid homage to the Oath and reaffirmed it as the basis of " national polity " in his famous Ningen-sengen rescript.

The ostensible purpose of the rescript was to appease the American occupiers with a renunciation of imperial divinity, but the emperor himself saw it as a statement of the existence of democracy in Meiji era.

The rescript was translated to English by Tadaichi Hirakawa and was broadcast to overseas Allies at the same time.

Delivery of this rescript was to be one of Hirohito's last acts as the imperial sovereign.

Critics of the Western interpretation, including the Emperor himself, argue that the repudiation of divinity was not the point of the rescript.