n.
- an instruction written by a medical practitioner that authorizes a patient to be issued with a medicine or treatment.
- the action of prescribing.
- an authoritative recommendation or ruling.
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(also positive prescription)
Law the establishment of a claim founded on the basis of long usage or custom.
Etymology
ME: via OFr. from L. praescriptio(n-), from praescribere (see prescribe).
