Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In law: A writ commanding something to be done, or requiring a reason for neglecting it.
- noun A note of instructions delivered by a plaintiff or his solicitor to the officer of the court to procure a writ of summons.
- noun A precept; an order.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Law) See
præcipe , andprecept .
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Examples
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The democratic institutions have been bastardize that the nation is at a precipe of one party destructive rule.
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Another one went very close to this dark precipe and threw away wow when he was fired from his job.
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Always falling off edges ov pressi precipe cliffs.
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We have been at the precipe of national dismemberment, and drawn back, at least for now.
The Anxious Years: Politics in the Age of Mulroney and Chrétien 1996
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Sur tiuj cxi vastaj kaj herboricxaj kampoj pasxtas sin grandaj brutaroj, precipe aroj da bellanaj sxafoj.
The Esperanto Teacher A Simple Course for Non-Grammarians Helen Fryer
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She looked up with a smile, and then, though with a little shame, displayed the _precipe_.
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Mrs. Tarbell, deeply mortified, resumed her occupation, and completed the _precipe_ by writing the words, "Tarbell, pro plff."
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Malgajninte en konkurso kontraux iuj aliaj artistoj, li opiniis ke la jugxintoj estas maljustaj al li, precipe pro la jxaluzeco.
A Complete Grammar of Esperanto Ivy Kellerman Reed 1922
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Ni baldaux bezonos iujn novajn meblojn por niaj oficejoj, precipe skribtablojn, tablojn konvenajn por skribmasxinoj
A Complete Grammar of Esperanto Ivy Kellerman Reed 1922
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Sed multaj personoj malamis lin, precipe cxar li donis novajn ideojn al la junuloj, kiuj sekve komencis pensi por si mem, anstataux fari tion kion faras cxiu alia.
A Complete Grammar of Esperanto Ivy Kellerman Reed 1922
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