rescript (English, noun)
expansion: rescript (plural rescripts)
Senses:
topics: law
glosses: A clarification of a point of law by a monarch issued upon formal consultation by a lower magistrate.
tags: historical
qualifier: canon law
glosses: 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.
glosses: A duplicate copy of a legal document.
glosses: A rewriting, a document copied or written again.
Forms:
form: rescripts
tags: plural