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SCRIPT, conv(law)

script(1) (iou)



script noun1. LME.
[Aphet. from Old French escri(p)t (mod. ecrit) from Latin scriptum use as noun of neut. pa. pple of scribere write. In sense 5a also infl. by MANUSCRIPT. Cf. ESCRIPT.]
A written thing; a piece of writing. Now rare. LME.
Evelyn This hasty script is to acquaint you that [etc.].
a. Handwriting as distinct from print; handwritten characters as distinct from printed characters. M19.
Sloan Wilson Written in a bold script.
b. Typography. Any of various typefaces which imitate the appearance of cursive handwriting. Also more fully script type. M19.
c. A style of handwriting with the appearance of printed characters, developed as an introductory hand for teaching young children. Also more fully script-writing. E20.
Law. An original or principal document. In probate practice, a will, a codicil, or a draft of these; a written record of a will's contents which may be referred to in the event of the original's destruction. M19.
A system of writing, an alphabet. L19.
C. Sagan Some varieties of Cretan script remain completely undecoded.
a. An author's written copy of a work; a manuscript. Theatrical slang (rare). L19.
b. The text of a film, play, broadcast, etc.; a typescript. M20.
prompt script: see PROMPT noun 2.
Punch Alfred Bester..has written everything from TV scripts to recipes.
c. Psychology. The social role or behaviour appropriate to particular situations that an individual absorbs through cultural influences and association with others. M20.
d. Computing. A formalized description of a commonly occurring situation, intended to assist recognition (usu. by a machine) of descriptions of such a situation in which not all of the details are made explicit. L20.
e. Computing. A program or sequence of instructions intended to be carried out by another program rather than by the computer processor. L20.
An examinee's written answer paper or papers. E20.
Comb.: script girl a female assistant to the director of a film, television play, etc., who takes details of scenes filmed and performs other administrative duties; script kiddie (slang, derog.) a person who uses existing computer scripts or codes to hack into computers, lacking the expertise to write his or her own; script-writing: see sense 2c above.
scriptless adjective (of a film, broadcast, etc.) without a script; unscripted: M20.