Lyev Decree

one generic mana one white mana Sorcery

Detain up to two target creatures your opponents control. (Until your next turn, those creatures can't attack or block and their activated abilities can't be activated.)

The Azorius have so many codes and statutes that you're always in violation of one of them.

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Lyev Decree rulings

2013-04-15
Activated abilities include a colon and are written in the form “[cost]: [effect].” No one can activate any activated abilities, including mana abilities, of a detained permanent.
2013-04-15
The static abilities of a detained permanent still apply. The triggered abilities of a detained permanent can still trigger.
2013-04-15
If a creature is already attacking or blocking when it’s detained, it won’t be removed from combat. It will continue to attack or block.
2013-04-15
If a permanent’s activated ability is on the stack when that permanent is detained, the ability will be unaffected.
2013-04-15
If a noncreature permanent is detained and later turns into a creature, it won’t be able to attack or block.
2013-04-15
When a player leaves a multiplayer game, any continuous effects with durations that last until that player’s next turn or until a specific point in that turn will last until that turn would have begun. They neither expire immediately nor last indefinitely.

Lyev Decree keyword rules

Detain Rule 701.29

Certain spells and abilities can detain a permanent. Until the next turn of the controller of that spell or ability, that permanent can’t attack or block and its activated abilities can’t be activated.