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- Dictionaryrescript/ˈriːskrɪpt/
noun
- 1. an official edict or announcement: "the tsar published a rescript which brought the government's reformist intentions into the public domain"
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rescript: [noun] a written answer of a Roman emperor or of a pope to a legal inquiry or petition.
The word rescript derives from the Latin noun rescriptum which itself derives from the Latin verb rescribo, meaning "to write back or... reply in writing".It developed its specialised legal meaning due to regular responses by emperors or lawyers to petitions or legal questions. By analogy the term rescript is also applied to similar procedures in other contexts, such as the Ottoman, Chinese and Japanese imperial courts, or even prior to the Roman empire. Two well-known examples of Japanese ...
4 meanings: 1. (in ancient Rome) an ordinance taking the form of a reply by the emperor to a question on a point of law 2. any.... Click for more definitions.
1. (Historical Terms) (in ancient Rome) an ordinance taking the form of a reply by the emperor to a question on a point of law
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Rescript definition: a written answer, as of a Roman emperor or a pope, to a query or petition in writing.. See examples of RESCRIPT used in a sentence.
Rescript definition: A formal decree or edict. The constitutional rescript of the 28th of January 1848 had been withdrawn in favour of an electoral law for a national assembly, of whose 152 members 38 were to be nominated by the king and to form an Upper House (Landsting), while the remainder were to be elected by the people and to form a popular chamber (Folketing).
May 31, 2023 · "'In order that the people may know of my decision, I request you to prepare at once an imperial rescript that I may broadcast to the nation.'" 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
Rescript definition: . See examples of RESCRIPT used in a sentence.
The earliest known use of the noun rescript is in the Middle English period (1150—1500).. OED's earliest evidence for rescript is from before 1425, in Bible (Wycliffite, early version).
