Prescribed
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
The words " prescribed by law " mean governed by actual legislation upon the subject, and in no just sense can be extended to a permission given to the courts to declare rules.
Exliue v. Smith, 5 Cal. 112.