1. A writ requiring something to be done, or a reason why it is not done.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• praecip,
• precipes,
• preceps,
• oraecips,
• lraecips,
• -raecips,
• 0raecips,
• peaecips,
• pdaecips,
• pfaecips,
• ptaecips,
• p5aecips,
• p4aecips,
• przecips,
• prsecips,
• praexcips,
• praecipss,
• Preciaps,
• Piracips,
• Preaccips