单词 | praecipe |
释义 | prae·ci·pe also pre·ci·pe /'pre-sə-ˌpē, 'prē-/ n [Medieval Latin precipe, legal writ commanding a person to do something or show cause why he or she should not, from Latin praecipe, imperative of praecipere to give rules or precepts, admonish, enjoin]: a written request for an action (as the issuing of a writ of execution) from a party to a clerk of a court or sometimes to a judge filed a ~ for the writ of scire facias shall issue upon ~ of the plaintiff ◇ When addressed to a clerk, a praecipe is usu. a request for some action that does not require immediate judicial review, such as the issuing of a subpoena or the preparing of a record for appellate review. When addressed to a judge, as for jury instructions in some jurisdictions, a praecipe is similar to a motion. A praecipe originally was a writ issued by the king to a sheriff, telling the sheriff to command someone to do something (as to release land being withheld from another). |
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