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1. means of acquiring an easement on the land of another by continued regular use over a specified period of time. adverse possession bestows complete ownership, whereas prescription bestows an easement.


2. remedy to cure a problem.


3. pharmaceutical product that requires a physician’s authorization; the written authorization itself.

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Acquiring rights through adverse possession.


Example: For years, Fulson, owner of a landlocked parcel, has continually and openly crossed the property of Grissom to reach the highway. Fulson eventually acquires an easement by prescription to the access route, thus preventing Grissom from blocking his way.

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noun

A principle governing affairs within or among political units: canon, decree, edict, institute, law, ordinance, precept, regulation, rule. See law.

A document giving the details of a medication, including the dosage and quantity, to be dispensed by a pharmacist for an identified patient. A prescription must be signed in ink by a registered medical practitioner, although a few items may now be prescribed by certain nurses. A drug that can only be issued on prescription has the legal category of prescription only medicine (prescription only medicine), which must be stated on the packaging. Medical practitioners may also prescribe items that do not legally require a prescription (see over the counter). Some 'blacklisted' drugs cannot be prescribed on the National Health Service; if they fall in the prescription only medicine category they must be issued on a private prescription. See also postcode prescribing.

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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

A method of acquiring a nonpossessory interest in land through the long, continuous use of the land.

Prescription refers to a type of easement— the right to use the property of another. It requires the use of the land to have been open, continuous, exclusive, and under claim of right for the appropriate statutory period. It differs from adverse possession in that adverse possession entails the acquisition of title to the property, whereas prescription relates to a right to use the property of another that is consistent with the rights of the owner.

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n.

A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient.

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IN BRIEF: An order or direction. Also: A doctors written instructions telling how to prepare and use a medicine.

Gardening is medicine that does not need a prescription . . . and with no limit on dosage. — Unknown

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A written directive, as for the compounding or dispensing and administration of drugs, or for other service to a particular patient. Any prescription relating to restricted drugs must be directed to a qualified pharmacist and can be authorized only by a registered veterinarian, dentist or medical practitioner.
There are four parts to a drug prescription. The first is the symbol - from the Latin recipe, meaning ‘take’. This is the superscription. The second part is the inscription, specifying the ingredients and their quantities. The third part is the subscription, which tells the pharmacist how to compound the medicine. The signature is the last part, and it is usually preceded by an S or sig. to represent the Latin signa, meaning ‘mark’. The signature is where the veterinarian indicates what instructions are to be put on the outside of the package to tell the patient when and how to take the medicine and in what quantities.
The pharmacist keeps a file of all the prescriptions he/she fills.

• p. drugs — drugs limited in their availability so that a prescription is needed to obtain them. Called also restricted substances.

(prē-skrip′shən)
n

A written direction for the preparation and use of medicine or an appliance; a medical recipe; a prescribed remedy. Also used in dentistry to describe the treatment plan.

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• PHARMACOLOGY - prescription: medication that requires doctor’s authorization for purchase and use; slip of paper with this authorization

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - recept, hævd

Nederlands (Dutch)
doktersrecept, verjaring, voorschrift, recht ergens op voor een bepaalde tijd

Français (French)
n. - (Méd) ordonnance, (Méd) prescription, (fig) recette, prescription

Deutsch (German)
n. - Rezept, Verordnung, Vorschreiben

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εντολή, (ιατρική) συνταγή

Italiano (Italian)
ricetta medica, prescrizione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - receita (f)

Русский (Russian)
рецепт, право приобретения по сроку давности

Español (Spanish)
n. - receta, prescripción médica, prescripción

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - åläggande, stadgande, recept, ordination (läk.), medicin, hävd (jur.), preskription (jur.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
处方, 指示, 命令

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 處方, 指示, 命令

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 명령, 법규, 처방전

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 処方, 処方薬, 処方すること, 規定, 時効, 処方箋

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تقادم, مرور الزمن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מירשם, תרופה, צו, הוראה, תביעת-חזקה (על נכס)‬

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