rescript vs rewrite

rescript

noun
  • A rewriting, a document copied or written again. 

  • A duplicate copy of a legal document. 

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

  • 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. 

rewrite

noun
  • The act of writing again or anew. 

  • Something that has been written again. 

verb
  • To write again, differently; to modify (a piece of writing or music, etc.). 

  • To write out again (without changes). 

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