praecipe

[ pree-suh-pee, pres-uh- ]

nounLaw.
  1. any of various legal writs commanding a defendant to do something or to appear and show why it should not be done.

  2. a written order addressed to the clerk of the court requesting that a writ be issued and specifying its contents.

Origin of praecipe

1
1400–50; late Middle English presepe<Latin praecipe, 2nd-person singular imperative of praecipere to take in advance; see precept

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