ordinance vs rescript

ordinance

noun
  • A temporary law promulgated by the president on the recommendation of the cabinet. 

  • Detailed legislation that translates the broad principles of the university's charter and statutes into practical effect. 

  • A local law, passed by e.g. a city. 

  • Prior to the Third English Civil War, a decree of Parliament. 

  • A law enacted by the Hong Kong Legislative Council. 

  • A religious practice or ritual prescribed by the church. 

rescript

noun
  • 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. 

verb
  • To script again or anew. 

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