Rescripts

radio broadcast in which Emperor Hirohito announced the Japanese surrender in World War II

1890 edict in the Empire of Japan

A rescript is a public government document. More formally, it is a document issued not on the initiative of the author, but in response to a question (usually legal) posed to the author. The word originates from replies issued by Roman emperors to such questions and is also used in modern legal terminology and the Papal curia.

Written order from an Ottoman Sultan

imperial rescript issued by the Emperor Shōwa