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noun

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The correct spelling is rescript. A clarification of a point of law by a monarch issued upon formal consultation by a lower magistrate. For example: "We're rescripting some popular British TV shows for an American audience."

Usage Examples

We're rescripting some popular British TV shows for an American audience.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A clarification of a point of law by a monarch issued upon formal consultation by a lower magistrate.
  2. 2.(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.
  3. 3.A duplicate copy of a legal document.
  4. 4.A rewriting, a document copied or written again.

verb

  1. 1.To script again or anew.

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