Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Rescissory \Re*scis"so*ry\ (r?-s?z"?-r? or r?-s?s"-), a. [L.
   rescissorius: cf. F. rescisoire.]
   Tending to rescind; rescinding.

         To pass a general act rescissory (as it was called),
         annulling all the Parliaments that had been held since
         the year 1633.                           --Bp. Burnet.