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One of the most important voivodal institutions of Transylvania, with an uninterrupted continuity in the period of the Principate, was the army (Exercitus Transylvanie). This evolution meant important changes: the men power development - its expansion in numbers, in their training and their war strategy - determined its involvement in many fighting campaigns throughout Central and South-East Europe for eight centuries. This paper addresses a large military law terminology - through the analysis and interpretation of an edict (regulations) unknown by Romanian historiography, made by Transylvanian prince Mihail Apafi, in 1671 - contributing in completing historical and juridical information regarding the way the army and all military personnel were not only disciplined, but also how was its Christian morale towards internal and international war campaigns. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]