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prescriptions

/pɹɪˈskɹɪpʃənz/

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The act of prescribing a rule, law, etc..

Examples :

"The doctor's prescriptions for healthy eating included limiting sugar and increasing vegetables. "

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Also called extinctive prescription or liberative prescription. A time period within which a right must be exercised, otherwise it will be extinguished.

Examples :

"Due to prescriptions, the overdue library fine could no longer be collected after five years had passed. "

law right property time

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Also called acquisitive prescription. A time period after which a person who has, in the role of an owner, uninterruptedly, peacefully, and publicly possessed another's property acquires the property. The described process is known as acquisition by prescription and adverse possession.

Examples :

"After thirty years of using the vacant lot next door as her garden, Sarah believed she could claim ownership through prescriptions, since she had openly and continuously used the land as her own. "

property law right time

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A written order, as by a physician or nurse practitioner, for the administration of a medicine or other intervention. See also scrip.

Examples :

"The surgeon wrote a prescription for a pain killer and physical therapy."

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The prescription medicine or intervention so prescribed.

Examples :

"The pharmacist gave her a bottle containing her prescription."

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The formal description of the lens geometry needed for spectacles, etc..

Examples :

"The optician needed to update our prescriptions before we could order new glasses. "

medicine technical

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The act or practice of laying down norms of language usage, as opposed to description, i.e. recording and describing actual usage.

Examples :

"The grammar teacher's prescriptions about using "shall" and "will" were outdated, as most people don't follow those strict rules anymore. "

language linguistics grammar writing

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An instance of a prescriptive pronouncement.

Examples :

"The doctor's prescriptions for how to lose weight included exercising three times a week and cutting out sugary drinks. "

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A plan or procedure to obtain a given end result; a recipe.

Examples :

"The doctor's prescriptions for the struggling business included cutting costs and focusing on customer service. "

medicine plan process

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Circumscription; restraint; limitation.

Examples :

"The teacher's new prescriptions for classroom behavior helped to create a more orderly environment. "