RESCRIPT
rewrite, revision, rescript
(noun) something that has been written again; “the rewrite was much better”
revision, revisal, revise, rescript
(noun) the act of rewriting something
decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript
(noun) a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); “a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there”
rescript
(noun) a reply by a Pope to an inquiry concerning a point of law or morality
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
rescript (plural rescripts)
(historical law) A clarification of a point of law by a monarch issued upon formal consultation by a lower magistrate.
(canon law) 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.
A duplicate copy of a legal document.
A rewriting, a document copied or written again.
Verb
rescript (third-person singular simple present rescripts, present participle rescripting, simple past and past participle rescripted)
(transitive) To script again or anew.
Anagrams
• scripter
Source: Wiktionary
Re"script (r"skrpt), n. Etym: [L. rescriptum: cf. F. rescrit,
formerly also spelt rescript. See Rescribe,v. t.]
1. (Rom.Antiq.)
Definition: The answer of an emperor when formallyconsulted by particular
persons on some difficult question; hence, an edict or decree.
In their rescripts and other ordinances, the Roman emperors spoke in
the plural number. Hare.
2. (R.C.Ch.)
Definition: The official written answer of the pope upon a question of
canon law, or morals.
3. A counterpart. Bouvier.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition