Definition of prescription. Meaning of prescription. Synonyms of prescription

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Definition of prescription

Prescription
Prescription Pre*scrip"tion, n. [F. prescription, L. praescriptio, an inscription, preface, precept, demurrer, prescription (in sense 3), fr. praescribere. See Prescribe.] 1. The act of prescribing, directing, or dictating; direction; precept; also, that which is prescribed. 2. (Med.) A direction of a remedy or of remedies for a disease, and the manner of using them; a medical recipe; also, a prescribed remedy. 3. (Law) A prescribing for title; the claim of title to a thing by virtue immemorial use and enjoyment; the right or title acquired by possession had during the time and in the manner fixed by law. --Bacon. That profound reverence for law and prescription which has long been characteristic of Englishmen. --Macaulay. Note: Prescription differs from custom, which is a local usage, while prescription is personal, annexed to the person only. Prescription only extends to incorporeal rights, such as aright of way, or of common. What the law gives of common rights is not the subject of prescription. Blackstone. Cruise. Kent. In Scotch law, prescription is employed in the sense in which limitation is used in England and America, namely, to express that operation of the lapse of time by which obligations are extinguished or title protected. Sir T. Craig. Erskine.
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Usucaption U`su*cap"tion (?; 277), n. [L. usucapere, usucaptum, to acquire by long use; usu (ablative of usus use) + capere to take: cf. usucapio usucaption.] (Roman Law) The acquisition of the title or right to property by the uninterrupted possession of it for a certain term prescribed by law; -- the same as prescription in common law.

Meaning of prescription from wikipedia

- Look up prescription, prescriptive, or prescribe in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In general, the word prescriptive refers to refer to normative judgments...
- A prescription drug (also prescription medication, prescription medicine or prescription-only medication) is a pharmaceutical drug that is permitted to...
- A prescription, often abbreviated ℞ or Rx, is a formal communication from a physician or other registered healthcare professional to a pharmacist, authorizing...
- Linguistic prescription is the establishment of rules defining preferred usage of language, including rules of spelling, pronunciation, vocabulary, morphology...
- An eyegl**** prescription is an order written by an eyewear prescriber, such as an optometrist, that specifies the value of all parameters the prescriber...
- "Prescription for Death" is the series premiere of the American crime drama television series Law & Order. The episode's teleplay was written by Ed Zuckerman...
- a consumer without a requirement for a prescription from a healthcare professional, as opposed to prescription drugs, which may be supplied only to consumers...
- Prescription for Murder may refer to: "Prescription for Murder", a 1958 episode of M Squad "Prescription for Murder", a 1990 episode of Hardball "Prescription...
- Prescription drug list prices in the United States continually are among the highest in the world. The high cost of prescription drugs became a major topic...
- Special prescription forms, sometimes called narcotic prescription forms, controlled prescription forms, psychotropic prescription forms or triplicate...