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- noun law A
writ demanding action, or requiring a reason for neglecting it.
Etymologies
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Examples
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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.
The Magna Carta Anonymous
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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.
The Magna Carta Anonymous
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A praecipe for writ of summons, a precursor to a suit, was filed by Cara and Gibson Reynolds, a couple featured in an Associated Press article about the ethical boundaries involved in allowing parents to create "designer babies."
Couple Files Summons Against Comcast, Joel McHale and E! 2011
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Quod bonis bene fit beneficium, gratia ea gravida est bonis. nunc tu illum si illo es missurus, dice monstra praecipe quae ad patrem vis nuntiari. vin vocem huc ad te?
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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The writ also required Judge Moore to vacate the order he issued after Crain filed its praecipe for withdrawal.
The Indiana Law Blog Marcia Oddi 2010
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It explains how to prepare a praecipe, and even how to pronounce it (pray-si-pee).
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The fee for arbitration will be $51, and property owners will have to file a form known as a "praecipe for appointment of arbitrators."
Times Leader News 2008
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Even in cafes where the immediate inheritance in tail is vetted in the wife, the hufband may convey the freehold by deed, and make a good tenant to the praecipe; Cruife on Recoveries, 29.
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Where a will is made be - tween the making tenant to a praecipe and fuffering a recovery thereon, or between the furrender and admittance to a copyhold, it is good, as the fub - fequent a&s rejate to the prior, SeL nvyn v, Selwjn, 2 Bur.
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If they’re going to practice in Multnomah County, Oregon, they need to know praecipe.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Latin Phrases Law Students Should Know, But Likely Don’t: 2007
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