Lewis Short
praeceptĭo (noun F) : praecipio.
* 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.
* The right of receiving in advance: praeceptionem quadringentorum milium dedit,Plin. Ep. 5, 7, 1: bonorum,Dig. 33, 7, 2.
* A previous notion, preconception: ad eam praeceptionem accedere, quam inchoatam habebunt in animis,Cic. Part. 36, 123.
* 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.
* Esp., an imperial rescript or order, Cod. Just. 1, 11, 2; 11, 59, 3.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary