Prescription
in English law, a claim or title to a thing by virtue of immemorial use, enjoyment, the right or title acquired by such use or by possession had during the time, and in the manner fixed by law, as a right of way, of common, or the like. The term is also used for limitation in the recovery of money due by bond, etc. In medicine, a direction of remedies for a disease, and the manner of using them; a recipe; a written statement of the remedies or medicines to be taken by a patient.