noun
: an original legal writ that gives a defendant a choice either of doing some act that immediately provides a remedy to the plaintiff or of defending his own action : praecipe
noun
: an original legal writ that gives a defendant a choice either of doing some act that immediately provides a remedy to the plaintiff or of defending his own action : praecipe
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012