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(Precept: From the Latin præceptum from præcipere, to command).

Precept, in its common acceptation, is opposed to counsel, inasmuch as the former imposes an obligation, while the latter is a persuasion. In ecclesiastical jurisprudence, the word precept is used:

Sources

SMITH, Elements of Ecclesiastical Law, III (New York, 1888); FERRARIS, Bibliotheca Canonica, V (Rome, 1889), s.v. Lex, art. I; BAART, Legal Formulary (New York, 1898).

Bibliography Information
Obstat, Nihil. Lafort, Remy, Censor. Entry for 'Canonical Precept'. The Catholic Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​c/canonical-precept.html. Robert Appleton Company. New York. 1914.
 
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