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

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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

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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

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