Usually means: Formal written request for action.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. praecipe: Merriam-Webster
  2. praecipe: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. praecipe: Collins English Dictionary
  4. praecipe: Wiktionary
  5. praecipe: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. praecipe: Dictionary.com
  7. Praecipe: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Praecipe: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. Praecipe: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. praecipe: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Praecipe: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. praecipe: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. praecipe: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. DS Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  6. Praecipe: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (praecipe)

▸ noun:  (law) A writ demanding action, or requiring a reason for neglecting it.
▸ noun:  (law) A request to a court to issue process.

Similar:
precipe, praemunire, procedendo, praemunire facias, precepit, præcept, bespeak, precautionary, prescript, premunire, more...

Opposite:
postscript, addendum, appendix

Phrases:
writ of praecipe, more...

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Similar:
precipe, praemunire, procedendo, praemunire facias, precepit, præcept, bespeak, precautionary, prescript, premunire, more...

Opposite:
postscript, addendum, appendix

Phrases:
writ of praecipe, more...



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