Difference between Edict and Rescript

What is the difference between Edict and Rescript?

Edict as a noun is a proclamation of law or other authoritative command while Rescript as a noun is the answer of an emperor (originally the roman emperor) when formally consulted by a magistrate or other persons on some difficult point of law.

Edict

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a proclamation of law or other authoritative command

Rescript

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The answer of an emperor (originally the Roman Emperor) when formally consulted by a magistrate or other persons on some difficult point of law.The official written answer of the Pope upon a question of canon law, or morals.A duplicate copy of a legal document.A rewriting, a document copied or written again.

We hope you now know whether to use Edict or Rescript in your sentence.

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