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.
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.
To script again or anew.
Any absolutist order or arrogant proclamation
An authoritative proclamation; an edict, especially decreed by a Russian czar or (later) emperor.