See Also: Black Flagged (Black Flag) - Motor Sports(gambling)
Black Action or Black Play - Blackjack(gambling)
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black-tie(dictionary)
Black and Tan(encyclopedia)
Black(medicine)
black gum(encyclopedia)
black ice(dictionary)
Black Ink(money)
black(1)(dictionary)

PRECEPT (law) and black art (medicine)


PRECEPT (law)


PRECEPT. A writ directed to the sheriff or Other officer, commanding him to do something. The term is derived from the operative praecipimus, we do something. The term is derived from the operative praecipimus, we command. command.

black art (medicine)


black Art


The Art practiced by conjurers and witches; necromancy; conjuration; Magic.

This name was given in the Middle Ages to necromancy, under the idea that the latter term was derived from niger black, instead of nekros, a dead person, and manteia, divination.

Source: Websters Dictionary