Rescript

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The act of rewriting.
  • noun. Something that has been rewritten.
  • noun. A formal decree or edict.
  • noun. A response from the pope or another ecclesiastical authority to a question regarding discipline or doctrine.
  • noun. A reply from a Roman emperor to a magistrate's query about a point of law.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The written answer of an emperor or a pope to questions of jurisprudence officially propounded to him; hence, an edict or decree.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The answer of an emperor when formallyconsulted by particular persons on some difficult question; hence, an edict or decree.
  • noun. The official written answer of the pope upon a question of canon law, or morals.
  • noun. A counterpart.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The answer of an emperor (originally the Roman Emperor) when formally consulted by a magistrate or other persons on some difficult point of law.
  • noun. The official written answer of the Pope upon a question of canon law, or morals.
  • noun. A duplicate copy of a legal document.
  • noun. A rewriting, a document copied or written again.
  • verb. To script again or anew.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the act of rewriting something
  • noun. a reply by a Pope to an inquiry concerning a point of law or morality
  • noun. a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
  • noun. something that has been written again
  • Word Usage
    "This, however, might easily be explained by assuming that Ezra himself had had a hand in drafting the rescript, which is not impossible."
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