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Definition of: precipe
(pres′i·pē, prē′si-) noun Law
1. A written order directing the issuance of a specified writ.
2. Brit. Formerly, a writ commanding a defendant, in the alternative, to do some particular thing, or to show cause for not doing it. Also spelled praecipe. [<L praecipe, lit., admonish, imperative of praecipere admonish, instruct. See PRECEPT.]
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