Rescript \Re"script\ (r?"skr?pt), n. [L. rescriptum: cf. F.
rescrit, formerly also spelt rescript. See Rescribe,v. t.]
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1. (Rom.Antiq.) The answer of an emperor when
formallyconsulted by particular persons on some difficult
question; hence, an edict or decree.
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In their rescripts and other ordinances, the Roman
emperors spoke in the plural number. --Hare.
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2. (R.C.Ch.) The official written answer of the pope upon a
question of canon law, or morals.
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3. A counterpart. --Bouvier.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
rescript
n 1: a reply by a Pope to an inquiry concerning a point of law or
morality
2: 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" [syn: decree, edict, fiat, order]
3: the act of rewriting something [syn: revision, revisal,
revise]
4: something that has been written again; "the rewrite was much
better" [syn: rewrite, revision]
WordNet (r) 2.0
86 Moby Thesaurus words for "rescript":
acknowledgment, amendment, answer, answering, antiphon,
appointment, back answer, back talk, backchat, billet, brevet,
bull, business letter, chit, comeback, communication, correction,
declaration, decree, decree-law, decreement, decretal, decretum,
dictum, diktat, dispatch, echo, edict, edictum, editing,
emendation, epistle, evasive reply, favor, fiat, ipse dixit, law,
letter, line, message, missive, note, ordinance, ordonnance,
proclamation, pronouncement, pronunciamento, reaction, ready reply,
receipt, recension, rectification, redaction, redraft, rejoinder,
repartee, replication, reply, repost, rescription, respondence,
response, responsion, responsory, retort, return, revampment,
reverberation, review, revisal, revise, revised edition, revision,
rewrite, rewriting, riposte, rule, ruling, senatus consult,
senatus consultum, short answer, snappy comeback, ukase,
witty reply, witty retort, yes-and-no answer
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
RESCRIPT, conv. A counterpart.
2. In the canon law, by rescripts are understood apostolical letters,
which emanate from the pope, under whatever form they may be. The answers of
the pope in writing are so called. Diet. Dr. Can. h.v. Vide Chirograph;
Counterpart; Part.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
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