precept
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noun
axiom, canon, charge, code, command, commandment, decree, dictate, direction, doctrine, dogma, edict, fiat, guide, injunction, instruction, law, legal order, mandate, order, ordinance, praeceptum, praescriptum, prescript, principle, regulation, requirement, rubric, rule, statute, teaching, tenet, warrant, writ
associated concepts: legal precept
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index
act (enactment), authority (documentation), belief (something believed), brevet, canon, charge (command), citation (charge), code, codification, constitution, dictate, direction (order), directive, doctrine, dogma, edict, guidance, holding (ruling of a court), injunction, instruction (direction), law, mandate, maxim, order (judicial directive), precedent, prescription (directive), principle (axiom), recommendation, regulation (rule), rubric (authoritative rule), rule (legal dictate), technicality, writ
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006