prescriptive right

prescriptive right
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  • prescriptive right — noun (C) law a right that has existed for so long that it is as effective as a law …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • Prescriptive — Pre*scrip tive, a. [L. praescriptivus of a demurrer or legal exception.] 1. (Law) Consisting in, or acquired by, immemorial or long continued use and enjoyment; as, a prescriptive right of title; pleading the continuance and authority of long… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • prescriptive — pre·scrip·tive /pri skrip tiv/ adj 1: serving to prescribe prescriptive rules 2: acquired by, founded on, or constituting prescription a prescriptive right a longer prescriptive period Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law …   Law dictionary

  • right — / rīt/ n [Old English riht, from riht righteous] 1 a: qualities (as adherence to duty or obedience to lawful authority) that together constitute the ideal of moral propriety or merit moral approval b: something that is morally just able to… …   Law dictionary

  • Prescriptive Barony — cotlandThe Scots have a quite distinct legal system within the United Kingdom. Historically, in the Kingdom of Scotland, the Lord Lyon King of Arms, as the Sovereign’s Minister in matters armorial is at once Herald and Judge. Scottish… …   Wikipedia

  • prescriptive — pre|scrip|tive [prıˈskrıptıv] adj 1.) saying how something should or must be done, or what should be done ▪ prescriptive teaching methods 2.) stating how a language should be used, rather than describing how it is used ≠ ↑descriptive ▪… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • prescriptive license — A license in real property acquired by prescription. 33 Am J1st Lic § 97. An anomalous concept, since use under a license, being permissive, cannot ripen into a prescriptive right. Los Angeles Brick & Clay Products Co. v Los Angeles, 60 Cal App… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • prescriptive — adj. 1 prescribing. 2 Linguistics concerned with or laying down rules of usage. 3 based on prescription (prescriptive right). 4 prescribed by custom. Derivatives: prescriptively adv. prescriptiveness n. prescriptivism n. prescriptivist n. & adj.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • prescriptive easement — see easement Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. prescriptive easement …   Law dictionary

  • prescriptive — ► ADJECTIVE 1) relating to the imposition of a rule or method. 2) (of a right, title, etc.) legally established by long usage. DERIVATIVES prescriptivism noun prescriptivist noun & adjective. ORIGIN Latin praescriptivus relating to a legal… …   English terms dictionary

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