Praescriptio
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Stimson (1881)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Prescription.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
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.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
I. Prescription. to the jurisdiction.