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Rescript

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Rescript, the answer of the Roman emperor when consulted by a particular person on some difficult question; it is equivalent to an edict or decree; a counterpart.

A judge's written order to a court clerk explaining how to dispose of a case, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1308

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