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prescription<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1<\/strong>. The effect of a lapse of time in creating and destroying rights.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2. The extinction of a title or right by failure to claim or exercise it over a long period. <\/strong>\u2013 aka negative prescription<\/em><\/strong><\/span>; extinctive prescription<\/em><\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

3<\/strong><\/span>. The acquisition of title to a thing (especially an intangible thing such as the use of real property) by open and continuous possession over a statutory period. <\/strong>\u2014 aka positive prescription<\/em><\/strong><\/span>; acquisitive prescription<\/em><\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0 [1]
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1. The acquisition of an easemen<\/span>t by <\/span>adverse user<\/a> <\/span>under claim of right for the prescriptive perio<\/span><\/span>d.\u00a0 The acquisition of incorporeal hereditaments by adverse user. Plaza v Flak<\/em>, 7 NJ 215, 81 A2d 137, 27 ALR2d 324<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

A presumption of grant from long possession and exercise of right. 25 Am J2d Ease \u00a7 39<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

In the broad sense of modern times, the gaining of a title by adverse possession<\/a>. 3 Am J2d Adv P \u00a7 4<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 See municipal corporation by prescription<\/em>. [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The acquisition of title by adverse possession<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2. The acquisition of an easement by an adverse user<\/a> under a claim of right for the prescriptive period<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

3. The acquisition of incorporeal hereditaments by an adverse user<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Excerpt from\u00a0J.H. Miller, A Handbook of Prescription<\/em>\u00a0(1893):<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cPrescription\u2014 which originally signified any exception, but came latterly to be especially identified with the exceptio ratione temporis<\/em> (\u201crule of exception due to a plea of freedom from claims in law, that plea being founded on a presumption of the pursuer’s consent and long period of having chosen not to object\u201d)\u2014 is a plea which may be employed for the purpose either of extinguishing or of establishing a right of property.\u00a0 The manifest desirability of ‘fixing and ascertaining property’, and of preventing forgeries, has procured it a place in the municipal code of all human societies.<\/span>\u201d <\/strong>[4]<\/span><\/p>\n

prescriptive<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span>
\nadj<\/em>. (17c)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1. Expressing what must or should be done <\/span><\/strong><prescriptive legal instruments>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

2. Based on or determined by ancient custom or long-standing use; having existed for so long as to have become a matter of right. <\/span><\/strong><prescriptive easements>. [1]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1. Pertaining to or created by prescription.<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

Related Terms:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

title by prescription<\/span><\/a>\u00a0– a title acquired by prescription (or adverse possession).<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 aka\u00a0adverse title<\/em><\/span><\/strong>;<\/em>\u00a0title by adverse possession<\/span><\/em><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

negative prescription<\/span><\/a> – extinction of a title or right by failure to claim or exercise it over a long period.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>\u2014 aka extinctive prescription<\/span><\/strong><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

positive prescription<\/span><\/a> – acquisition of title to a thing by open and continuous possession over a statutory period.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>\u2014 aka<\/span> acquisitive prescription<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

period of prescription<\/span><\/a> – the period fixed by local law as sufficient for obtaining or extinguishing a right through lapse of time, and other circumstances.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

prescriptive right<\/span><\/a> – a right obtained by prescription.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

adverse user<\/a><\/span> – the act of using real property in an “open, notorious, and hostile manner,” under a claim of right, contrary to the interests of the true owner.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

prescription acts<\/span><\/a> – statutes establishing the periods of time required for various rights or titles to be acquired by prescription<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

References:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Disclaimer:<\/span><\/span><\/strong> All material throughout this website is compiled in accordance with Fair Use<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[1]: Black’s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Deluxe<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Tenth<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> by Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]: Ballantine\u2019s Law <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Dictionary\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>with<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Pronunciations<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Third Edition<\/a>\u00a0by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[3]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Legal<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Assistant<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[4]: J.H. Miller, A Handbook of Prescription<\/em> 1 (1893)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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