Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rescript"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rescript \Re"script\ (r?"skr?pt), n. [L. rescriptum: cf. F.
rescrit, formerly also spelt rescript. See {Rescribe},v. t.]
1. (Rom.Antiq.) The answer of an emperor when
formallyconsulted by particular persons on some difficult
question; hence, an edict or decree.
In their rescripts and other ordinances, the Roman
emperors spoke in the plural number. --Hare.
2. (R.C.Ch.) The official written answer of the pope upon a
question of canon law, or morals.
3. A counterpart. --Bouvier.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
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