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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.