The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting.
A writ or process, granted by a court of equity, and, in some cases, under statutes, by a court of law, whereby a party is required to do or to refrain from doing certain acts, according to the exigency of the writ.
That which is enjoined; such as an order, mandate, decree, command, precept.
A clarification of a point of law by a monarch issued upon formal consultation by a lower magistrate.
A rewriting, a document copied or written again.
A duplicate copy of a legal document.
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.
To script again or anew.