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• PRECEPT (Lat. praeceptum, a rule, from praecipere, literally to take beforehand, to give rules, instructions or orders)

PRECEPT (See also:

• LAT

Lat. praeceptum, a See also:

• RULE

rule, from praecipere, literally to take beforehand, to give rules, instructions or orders)  , a command or See also:

• RULE

rule, especially one with regard to conduct or See also:

• ACTION

action, a moral rule or See also:

• INJUNCTION (from Lat. injungere, to fasten, or attach to, to lay a burden or charge on, to enjoin)

injunction, a See also:

• MAXIM, SIR HIRAM STEVENS (184o- )

maxim . Apart from this See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general use, the word was used, in See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, of many orders in See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing issuing from a See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court or other legal authority; it is now chiefly used of an See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order demanding the See also:

• PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment of See also:

• MONEY

money under a See also:

• RATE

rate by poor law or other See also:

• LOCAL

local authorities (see RATE) . The Latin See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form praecipe, i.e. enjoin, command, is used of the See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note of instructions delivered by a See also:

• PLAINTIFF

plaintiff or his See also:

• SOLICITOR

solicitor to be filed by the officer of the court, giving the names of the plaintiff and See also:

• DEFENDANT

defendant, the nature of the See also:

• WRIT (O. Eng. gewrit, writ, from writan, to write)

writ, &c . For the obsolete writ of praecipe quad reddat see WRIT .