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

This article appears in Volume V22, Page 274 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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


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