praecipe
Americannoun
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any of various legal writs commanding a defendant to do something or to appear and show why it should not be done.
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a written order addressed to the clerk of the court requesting that a writ be issued and specifying its contents.
Etymology
Origin of praecipe
1400–50; late Middle English presepe < Latin praecipe, 2nd-person singular imperative of praecipere to take in advance; see precept
Example Sentences
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The writ which is called praecipe shall not for the future be issued to any one, regarding any tenement whereby a freeman may lose his court.
From The Magna Carta by Anonymous
The writ which is called praecipe shall not for the future be issued to anyone, regarding any tenement whereby a freeman may lose his court.
From The Magna Carta by Anonymous
The writ called "praecipe in capite" shall not in the future be granted to anyone respecting any freehold if thereby a free man may not be tried in his lord's court.
From Our Legal Heritage by Reilly, S. A.
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