prescription.

Definition of prescription. in English English dictionary: ℞; The formal description of the lens geometry needed for spectacles, etc
The optician followed the optometrist's prescription for her new eyeglasses.; An advice
Early to bed and early to rise is a prescription for a healthy lifestyle.; only available with a physician's written prescription
Many powerful pain killers are prescription drugs in the U.S.; A written order, as by a physician, for the administration of a medicine or other intervention. See also scrip
The surgeon wrote a prescription for a pain killer and physical therapy.; A period of time within which a right must be exercised, unless the right is extinguished
The prescription governing the victim’s right to enter a charge shall be interrupted by virtue of section 95 of the Criminal Code.; an authoritative direction; {n} a medical receipt, custom, right by long continued possession, limitation, rule; rx; a written order, as by a physician, for the administration of a medicine or other intervention; In law, a limitation of time within which legal action can be taken by a claimant In insurance, the period of time in which a claim may be brought by the policyholder Also Proscription; A legal term describing the acquisition of rights or obligations through the passage of time (such as adverse possession); {s} of or pertaining to a medical prescription; obtainable only with a medical prescription (about a medication); A prescription is the piece of paper on which your doctor writes an order for medicine and which you give to a chemist or pharmacist to get the medicine. You will have to take your prescription to a chemist; written instructions from a physician or dentist to a druggist concerning the form and dosage of a drug to be issued to a given patient; the medicine or intervention so prescribed; a course of management action prescribed for a particular area after specific assessments and evaluations have been made; The securing of an easement on property by using it under certain conditions for a given period of time; advice; available only with a doctor's written prescription; "a prescription drug"; (From Latin praescriptio: "by order ") The legal process of acquiring property by reason of uninterrupted occupation for a period of time; A written statement (from a doctor to a pharmacist) regarding the type, the amount and direction of the use of a medication for a patient In dentistry, prescription can also be a written statement on preparation of an appliance from a dentist to a lab technician; only available with a physicians written prescription; Management practices selected to accomplish specific land and resource management objectives; the act of prescribing a rule, law, etc; Measurable criteria that define conditions under which a prescribed fire may be ignited, guide selection of appropriate management responses, and indicate other required actions Prescription criteria may include safety, economic, public health, environmental, geographic, administrative, social, or legal considerations; A computer-generated list of resources, accessed from the HOSTS software Each student prescription is tied to a specific requested objective; written instructions from a physician or dentist to a druggist concerning the form and dosage of a drug to be issued to a given patient written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions; "I tried to follow her prescription for success; written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person; The act of prescribing, directing, or dictating; direction; precept; also, that which is prescribed; directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions; "I tried to follow her prescription for success"; International Law Acquisition of sovereignty over a territory through continuous and undisputed exercise of sovereignty over it during such a period as is necessary to create under the influence of historical development the general conviction that the present condition of things is in conformity with international order (Page 1345) TOP; A written order or refill notice issued by a licensed medical professional for drugs which are only available through a pharmacy; A prescribing for title; the claim of title to a thing by virtue of immemorial use and enjoyment; the right or title acquired by possession had during the time and in the manner fixed by law; It is the time frame after which a claim may not be brought to an insurance company; The acquiring of a right in property, usually in the form of an intangible property right such as an easement or right-of-way, by means of adverse use of property that is continuous and uninterrupted for the prescriptive period; A statement or plan specifying management objectives to be obtained, and air temperature, humidity, season, wind direction and speed, fuel and soil moisture conditions under which a fire will be started or allowed to burn; A prescription is a proposal or a plan which gives ideas about how to solve a problem or improve a situation. the economic prescriptions of Ireland's main political parties. 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. See also adverse possession; Process of acquiring an easement through adverse use of the easement over a required period of time; A prescription is a medicine which a doctor has told you to take. The prescription Ackerman gave me isn't doing any good. If a medicine is available on prescription, you can only get it from a chemist or pharmacist if a doctor gives you a prescription for it. The drug is available on prescription only; a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist; "he told the doctor that he had been taking his prescription regularly"; a written statement defining the objectives to be attained as well as the conditions of temperature, humidity, wind direction and speed, fuel moisture, and soil moisture, under which a fire will be allowed to burn A prescription is generally expressed as acceptable ranges of the prescription elements, and the limit of the geographic area to be covered; Written instructions For example, prescriptions in a nature reserve management plan state how it is intended the reserve or a COMPARTMENT of the reserve should be managed; The securing of title to property by adverse possession: by occupying it for the period determined by the law barring action for recovery; (Prescription) A time, after which a cause of action ceases Statutes set out a period of time in various circumstances, where an action must commence The cause of action fails if the action was not started within the prescribed time period; Acquiring a right in property, usually in the form of an intangible property right such as an easement or right-of-way, by means of adverse use of property that is continuous and uninterpreted for the prescriptive period established by state statute Use of land is adverse when it is made under a claim or right Therefore, there is no adverse use if the owner has granted permission, if the user has paid for the use or if the user has admitted that the owner has a superior right in the property Prescription is often used interchangeably with the term adverse possession, which more strictly refers to the acquiring of title to lands As in adverse possession, the essential elements are that the prescriptive right be adverse, under claim of right, continuous and uninterrupted, open, notorious and exclusive, with the knowledge and acquiescence of the servient owner, and continuing for the full prescriptive period By "continuous" is meant that the property is used on a regular basis; Obtaining title to property by adverse possession by occupying it for the period determined by law to bar action for recovery; A direction of a remedy or of remedies for a disease, and the manner of using them; a medical recipe; also, a prescribed remedy; A written statement that specifies the practices to be implemented in a forest stand to meet management objectives These specifications reflect the desired future condition at the site and landscape level and incorporate knowledge of the special attributes of the site; A written order for dispensing drugs signed by a physician; An order of a prescriber for a prescription drug If it is an oral order, it must promptly be put in writing by the pharmacy; {i} written order for a medication; instruction, directive; order, command