Praescriptio
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
Lat In the. civil law. That mode of acquisition whereby one becomes proprietor of a thing on the ground that he has for a long time possessed it as his own; prescription. , Dig. 41, 3. It was anciently distinguished from "usucapio," (q. vld but was blended with it by Justinian.