rescript

Meaning

Noun

1. (historical) A clarification of a point of law by a monarch issued upon formal consultation by a lower magistrate.
2. An ad hoc reply of a pope to some specific question of canon law or morality, without precedential force, sometimes (improper) inclusive of decretals which serve as precedents in canon law.
3. A duplicate copy of a legal document.
4. A rewriting, a document copied or written again.

Verb

To script again or anew.

Synonyms

revision

fiat

edict

rewrite

decree

order

revise

revisal

rejoinder

reply

requisition

response

rewriting

answer

rebutter

bidding

commandment

commission

dictate

imposition

law

prescript

Translations

tebliğ

ordre

révision

decreto

emir

revoir

réécrire

Etymology

From Latin rescriptum (“written reply”).