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Rescript
//ˈɹiːskɹɪpt// noun, verb
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A clarification of a point of law by a monarch issued upon formal consultation by a lower magistrate. historical
""'In order that the people may know of my decision, I request you to prepare at once an imperial rescript that I may broadcast to the nation.'""
- 2 something that has been written again wordnet
- 3 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.
"Decretals... ought, properly speaking, to be distinguished, on the one hand from constitutions... enacted by the Pope sua sponte without reference to any particular case, and on the other hand from rescripts... which apply only to special circumstances or individuals, and constitute no general precedent. But this nomenclature is not strictly observed."
- 4 the act of rewriting something wordnet
- 5 A duplicate copy of a legal document.
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- 6 a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) wordnet
- 7 A rewriting, a document copied or written again.
- 8 a reply by a Pope to an inquiry concerning a point of law or morality wordnet
Verb
- 1 To script again or anew. transitive
"We're rescripting some popular British TV shows for an American audience."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Latin rescriptum (“written reply”).
Etymology 2
From Latin rescriptum (“written reply”).
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