to be prescriptive

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• 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

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

• 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 right — index droit Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• prescriptive — (adj.) 1748, from L.L. praescriptivus, from praescriptum, pp. of praescribere (see PRESCRIPTION (Cf. prescription)) …   Etymology dictionary

• prescriptive — The term is fairly recent (1930s) with reference to language, and denotes a concept of grammar as laying down (or ‘prescribing’) rules rather than observing and describing the language in use (this latter concept being called descriptive) …   Modern English usage

• 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

• prescriptive — [prē skrip′tiv, priskrip′tiv] adj. [LL praescriptivus] 1. that prescribes 2. based on legal prescription 3. prescribed by custom or long use prescriptively adv …   English World dictionary

• Prescriptive authority for psychologists movement — The Prescriptive authority for psychologists (RxP) movement is a political effort to give prescriptive authority to clinical psychologists, enabling them to prescribe psychotropic medications to treat mental and emotional disorders. Prior to RxP… …   Wikipedia

• 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