In property law, the effect of the lapse of time in creating and destroying rights. Acquisitive prescription allows an individual, after unequivocal possession for a specific period, to acquire an interest in real property, such as an easement, but not the property itself. Seealso adverse possession.

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In a health care context:

*Medical prescription, written by a health care professional

*Eyeglass prescription, written by an ophthalmologist or an optometrist

*Property prescription, written by a landscape architect or other natural scientist concerned with client property/plant health

*Contact lens prescription

*Prescription drug, a drug available only by a medical prescription

Other meanings:

• Linguistic prescription, the laying down of normative language rules
• Prescription (law), a doctrine in international law about sovereignty over a territory
• Period of Prescription, a civil law system analogue to the common law institute of a statute of limitations, applied to periods during which rights and obligations are legally enforceable

See also Proscription''