Rē'script, n.

n. [Lat. rescriptum, Fr. rescript, rescrit, Pr. rescrich, Sp. & Pg. rescripto, It. rescritto. See supra.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) The answer of an emperor, when consulted by particular persons on some difficult question; hence, an edict or decree. In their rescripts and other ordinances, the Roman emperors spoke in the plural number. Hare. 2. A counterpart. Bouvier.