rescript
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noun
- 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
- To script again or anew.“We're rescripting some popular British TV shows for an American audience.”
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edictdecreefiatorderrevisionrevisalreviserewritereformationreviewrescinsionreviserrereformremissionrecitalreargument