praecipe

praecipe definition - legal

n

Latin

  1. Command, order. A written order or request to the clerk of the court.
  2. A written court order commanding a party to do something or to show cause why it has not been already done.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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