Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Precept
1 A standard or rule of conduct; a command or principle < several legal precepts govern here>. 2. A writ or warrant issued by an authorized person demanding another's action, such as a judge's order to an officer to bring a party before the court <the sheriff executed the precept immediately>.
honeste uivere ([h]a-nes-tee vi-va-ree). [Latin] Roman law. To live honestly. 0 This was one of the three general precepts in which Justinian expressed the requirements of the law. Cf. ALTERUM NON LAE
See FULL-REPORTING CLAUSE (1).