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Definition :

Pr'cipe (command), a slip of paper upon which the particulars of a writ are written; it is lodged in the office out of which the required writ is to be issued.

A pr'cipe must be filed by the party issuing or his solicitor before a writ of execution is issued, which pr'cipe must contain the title of the action, the reference to the record, the date of the judgment, and of the order, if any, for execution, and the names of those against whom it issued, and must be signed by the party or solicitor issuing it [(English) R.S.C. Ord. XLII., Rule 12]. For forms of such pr'cipes, see ibid., App. G. The goods of the debtor are bound immediately after the application for the pr'cipe, Murgatroyd v. Wright, (1907) 2 KB 333.