Precept

(pre's ipt.) [From L. præceptum, a taking note of. Generally, anything laid down as an authoritative rule of action:-applied more particularly to commands touching the observance of moral conduct.(Law.) A command in writing sent by a justice of the peace, or other magistrate, for the purpose of causing a person, record, ., to be brought before him. Prece ion of the Equinoxes, (pre-sèsh'ün.) [From L.. præce us, a going before. ] (Ast.) See EARTH. [s. 728]