Definition of Prescriptions. Meaning of Prescriptions. Synonyms of Prescriptions

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Definition of Prescriptions

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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 Prescriptions from wikipedia

- Look up prescription, prescriptive, or prescribe in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Prescription, prescriptive, or prescribe may refer to: Medical prescription...
- electronic prescriptions may alleviate the need for handwritten prescriptions altogether. In Britain's NHS, remaining paper prescriptions are almost invariably...
- medicine. Most prescriptions are NHS prescriptions, subject to a standard charge that is unrelated to what is dispensed. The NHS prescription fee was increased...
- standard Polish, which aims to po****rize Polish language knowledge, issue prescriptions for standard usage (Polish: poprawna polszczyzna, lit. "correct Polish")...
- more than providing free prescriptions. An online tool to help patients understand the eligibility criteria for free prescriptions was launched in September...
- Therefore, the above prescription would be written as −0.75 −0.25 × 90. Similar to medical prescriptions, eyegl**** prescriptions are written on paper...
- supplied; there is no charge for NHS prescriptions in Northern Ireland, Scotland, or Wales. In the UK, a private prescription does not need to be handwritten...
- "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...
- thickens the air ... What goes on? Get the answer if you want it." Forged Prescriptions is a compilation album by Spacemen 3 released on Space Age Recordings...
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