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noun

  1. A clarification of a point of law by a monarch issued upon formal consultation by a lower magistrate.

  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. A duplicate copy of a legal document.

verb

  1. To script again or anew.

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

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