

prescriptions
/pɹɪˈskɹɪpʃənz/
noun


noun
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.




noun
The prescription medicine or intervention so prescribed.


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



