praeceptio

praeceptĭo, ōnis, f. [praecipio].

I.

A taking beforehand, a receiving in advance (jurid. Lat.):

per praeceptionem legamus,

Ulp. Reg. 24, 2:

dotis,

Dig. 23, 4, 26:

per praeceptionem legare,

Gai. Inst. 2, 192; 216; Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 1.—

B.

The right of receiving in advance:

praeceptionem quadringentorum milium dedit,

Plin. Ep. 5, 7, 1:

bonorum,

Dig. 33, 7, 2.—

II.

A previous notion, preconception:

ad eam praeceptionem accedere, quam inchoatam habebunt in animis,

Cic. Part. 36, 123.—

III.

A precept, injunction (class.):

lex est recti praeceptio, pravique depulsio,

Cic. N. D. 2, 31, 79:

Stoicorum,

id. Off. 1, 2, 6:

in juris scientiā est persecutionum cautionumque praeceptio,

id. Or. 41, 141.—

2.

Esp., an imperial rescript or order, Cod. Just. 1, 11, 2; 11, 59, 3.