praemando

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

prae-mando, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

I To order or command beforehand; with ut (very rare): ut conquireretur, praemandavi, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 9, 2.—

II To order or procure beforehand : puerum aut puellam, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 49.—Hence, subst.: praemandāta , ōrum, n., a warrant for the apprehension of an accused person: emissus e carcere: idem postea praemandatis requisitus, Cic. Planc. 12, 31.