N. command, order,
ordinance, act,
fiat, hukm,
bidding,
dictum,
hest,
behest, call,
beck,
nod,
despatch,
dispatch, message, direction, injunction, charge, instructions, appointment,
fixture, demand,
exaction, imposition,
requisition, claim,
reclamation,
revendication,
ultimatum, request, requirement,
dictation,
dictate,
mandate,
caveat, decree, senatus consultum,
precept,
prescript,
rescript, writ,
ordination, bull, ex cathedra pronouncement, edict,
decretal,
dispensation,
prescription,
brevet,
placit,
ukase, ukaz,
firman,
hatti-sherif, warrant,
passport,
mittimus,
mandamus,
summons,
subpoena,
nisi prius,
interpellation,
citation, word, word of command, mot d'ordre, bugle call, trumpet call, beat of drum,
tattoo, order of the day,
enactment,
plebiscite V. command, order, decree,
enact,
ordain,
dictate, direct, give orders,
prescribe, set,
appoint, mark out, set a task, prescribe a task, impose a task, set to work, put in requisition,
bid,
enjoin, charge, call upon,
instruct, require at the hands of, exact,
impose, tax, task, demand, insist on, claim, lay claim to,
revendicate, reclaim,
cite,
summon, call for, send for,
subpoena,
beckon, issue a command, make a requisition, issue a requisition, promulgate a requisition, make a decree, issue a decree, promulgate a decree, make an order, issue an order, promulgate an order, give the word of command, give the word, give the signal, call to order, give the law, lay down the law, assume the command,
remand, be -ordered &c, receive an order
Adv. in a commanding tone, by a stroke of the pen, by a dash of the pen, by order, at beat of drum, on the first summons
Phr. the decree is gone forth, sic volo sic jubeo, le roi le veut, boutez en avant
N. undueness, malum # prohibitum, impropriety,
illegality, falseness, emptiness of title, invalidity of title,
illegitimacy, loss of right,
disfranchisement,
forfeiture,
usurpation,
tort,
violation, breach,
encroachment,
presumption, assumption,
seizure, stretch,
exaction, imposition, lion's share,
usurper, pretender
V. be undue, not be due,
infringe,
encroach, trench on, exact,
arrogate, arrogate to oneself, give an inch and take an ell, stretch a point, strain a point,
usurp,
violate, do violence to,
disfranchise,
disentitle,
disqualify,
invalidate,
relax,
misbehave, misbecome
Adj. undue, unlawful, unconstitutional,
illicit, unauthorized, unwarranted, disallowed, unallowed, unsanctioned, unjustified, unentitled, disentitled, unqualified, disqualified, unprivileged, unchartered,
illegitimate,
bastard,
spurious,
supposititious, false,
usurped,
tortious, undeserved, unmerited,
unearned, unfulfilled,
forfeited,
disfranchised, improper, unmeet, unfit,
unbefitting, unseemly, unbecoming, misbecoming, seemless, contra bonos mores, not the thing, out of the question, not to be thought of,
preposterous,
pretentious,
would-be Phr. filius nullius
