prescription
1PRESCRIPTION — Aux termes du Code civil, «la prescription est un moyen d’acquérir ou de se libérer par un certain laps de temps, et sous les conditions déterminées par la loi» (art. 2219). Souvent critiquée, cette définition a tout au moins le mérite d’indiquer …
2prescription — pre·scrip·tion /pri skrip shən/ n [partly from Middle French prescription establishment of a claim, from Late Latin praescription praescriptio, from Latin, act of writing at the beginning, order, from praescribere to write at the beginning,… …
3Prescription — • A method created by law for acquiring ownership or ridding oneself of certain burdens on the fulfilment of fixed conditions Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Prescription Prescription …
4Prescription — has various meanings.In a health care context::*Medical prescription, written by a health care professional:*Eyeglass prescription, written by an ophthalmologist or an optometrist:*Property prescription, written by a landscape architect or other… …
5Prescription — Pre*scrip tion (pr[ e]*skr[i^]p sh[u^]n), n. [F. prescription, L. praescriptio, an inscription, preface, precept, demurrer, prescription (in sense 3), fr. praescribere. See {Prescribe}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of prescribing, directing, or… …
6prescription — Prescription. s. f. v. L s & le p. se prononcent. Droit qui s acquiert par certain temps limité par la loy. Prescription par dix ans entre presents, par vingt ans entre absents. prescription centenaire. acquerir prescription. alleguer… …
7prescription — Prescription, Vsus et authoritas. B. Exception de prescription de trente ou quarante ans, Praescriptio longissimi temporis. B. Prescription de cent ans, Praescriptio temporis memoriam excedentis, vel secularis. B. Interruption de prescription,… …
8prescription — UK US /prɪˈskrɪpʃən/ noun [C] ► a doctor s written instruction for the medicine that someone needs and for how it should be used: »These drugs are only available on prescription. »The doctor wrote him a prescription for two tablets, 100 mg each… …
9prescription — [prē skrip′shən, priskrip′shən] n. [ME prescripcion < L praescriptio] 1. the act of prescribing 2. something prescribed; order; direction; prescript 3. a) a doctor s written direction for the preparation and use of medicine, the grinding of… …
10prescription — (n.) c.1400, in law, the right to something through long use, from O.Fr. prescription (13c.), from L. praescriptionem (nom. praescriptio) a writing before, order, direction, from praescriptus, pp. of praescribere write before, from prae before… …