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PRECEPT ( See also: rule, especially one with regard to conduct or See also: action, a moral rule or See also: injunction, a See also: maxim
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Apart from this general use, the word was used, in See also: law, of many orders in writing issuing from a See also: court or other legal authority; it is now chiefly used of an See also: order demanding the payment of See also: money under a See also: rate by poor law or other See also: local authorities (see RATE)
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The Latin See also: form praecipe, i.e. enjoin, command, is used of the note of instructions delivered by a See also: plaintiff or his See also: solicitor to be filed by the officer of the court, giving the names of the plaintiff and See also: defendant, the nature of the writ, &c
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For the obsolete writ of praecipe quad reddat see WRIT
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