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Webster 1913 Edition
Praecipe
Præc′i-pe
,Noun.
[L., imperative of
praecipere
to give rules or precepts. See Precept
.] (Law)
(a)
A writ commanding something to be done, or requiring a reason for neglecting it.
(b)
A paper containing the particulars of a writ, lodged in the office out of which the writ is to be issued.
Wharton.