Prescribe
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law · Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
To claim title to incorporeal hereditaments, on grounds of long usage, in one's self, one's ancestors, or grantors, by prescription [which differs from custom, a local usage not annexed to any particular person]. Tliis prescription is acquisitive or positive prescription, as distinct from restrictive or negative prescription, which is the loss of a remedy by lapse of time; outlawry of actions.