- rescript - a reply by a Pope to an inquiry concerning a point of law or morality
--1 is a kind of answer, reply, response
- decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript - 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"
--2 is a kind of act, enactment
--2 has particulars:consent decree; curfew; decree nisi; imperial decree; legal separation, judicial separation; programma; prohibition, ban, proscription; stay; bull, papal bull - revision, revisal, revise, rescript - the act of rewriting something
--3 is a kind of rewriting, revising
- rewrite, revision, rescript - something that has been written again; "the rewrite was much better"
--4 is a kind of writing, written material, piece of writing
- decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript - 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"