prescribable
prescribable (pri-skrIb-[schwa]-b[schwa]l), adj. (Of a right) that can be acquired or extinguished by prescription.
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longi temporis praescriptio
longi temporis praescriptio (long-gItem-p[schwa]-ris pri-skrip-shee-oh). [Latin] Roman law. The prescriptive period after which a possessor of property could defeat any challenge to his title. See USUCAPTION.
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dignity
dignity n. 〈英〉接受贵族或荣誉头衔的权利；尊称；封号；显贵身份；尊显之头衔 该词既指可以接受某一显达头衔的权利，也指这种头衔本身。这些尊贵的头衔既可以由普通令状〔writ〕或开封特许状〔letters patent〕创制，如贵族和准男爵；也可以通过举行具体的仪式授予，如下级骑士〔knight bachelor〕等。它们既可以是终身的〔for life〕，也可以是可继承的〔of inheritance〕，前者如骑士身份〔knighthood〕、终身贵族〔life peerages〕等，后者如男爵身份〔baronies〕和非终身贵族等。可继承的尊贵头衔〔dignity of inheritance〕是一项无形遗产〔incorporeal hereditament〕，它也可依时效〔prescription〕而存在。1926年以前遵循土地的继承规则，这种头衔或者传给受封人的继承人或者是受封人本身所出的后嗣。如果某一头衔在授予之时特许状并未提及受封者的继承人，那么这只是一个终身头衔，不具有可继承性。如果特许状在授予伯爵爵位时提及了后嗣继承人，而受封者死时只留下了女儿，那么这一爵位将被搁置，直至国王宣布由死者的哪一个女儿终身保有该爵位。在温斯莱代尔勋爵一案〔Lord Wensleydale’s case〕中，贵族院作出决定，终身贵族无权出任贵族院议员，更无权参加投票表决。然而根据1876年《上诉管辖权法》〔Appellate Jurisdiction Act〕，国王有权任命终身贵族为贵族院常任上诉法官〔Lords of Appeal in Ordinary〕，而后者在贵族院享有出席议会并投票表决的权利，后1958年《终身贵族法》〔Life Peerages Act〕又授予国王指定任何人为终身贵族的权利。作为一项无形遗产，这种头衔是被视作具有同地产一样的性质，事实上头衔的享有附属于对特定土地的占有，并由该地产的授予所创制，至少在大多数情况下如此。尽管头衔已具有人身性质，但名义上仍属不动产，并因为与地产的这种联系——至少理论上是这样——而可能被国王依1285年《限嗣继承条例》〔De Donis〕限定继承范围，或者被限制为剩余地产权〔remainder〕性质，在某一先行的限嗣地产权——在同一头衔之下占有——终止后才开始。限定与头衔共同转移的财产不受1969年《家事改革法》〔Family Law Reform Act〕相关条款的影响。
de non decimando
de non decimando 〈拉〉未缴什一税 这是英格兰教会法中一项基于时效〔prescription〕要求免缴全部什一税或其替代物的主张。它用在prescription一词之后。在1832年《什一税法》〔Tithe Act〕之前，提出这项主张的人必须证明自古以来就未对有关土地征收什一税；但根据该法，只需证明在一定期限——30年或60年——内未缴什一税即可。 (→tithe-free)
ancient lights doctrine
ancient-lights doctrine. The common-law principle by which a landowner acquired, after 20 years of uninter-rupted use, an easement preventing a neighbor from building an obstruction that blocks light from passing through the landowner’s window. • The window (or other opening) is termed an ancient light. This doctrine has rarely been applied in the United States.
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drug assistance program
drug-assistance program. 1. A governmental program to ensure access to necessary prescription medicines for needy people who are uninsured or underinsured or who otherwise lack health coverage. 2. Rehabilitative counseling, and monitoring, usu. in a nonresidential setting, for detecting and treating users of illegal drugs.
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annotation
annotation (an-[schwa]-tay-sh[schwa]n), n. 1. A brief summary of the facts and decision in a case, esp. one involving statutory interpretation. 2. A note that explains or criticizes a source of law, usu. a case. • Annotations appear, for example, in the United States Code Annotated (USCA). 3. A volume containing such explanatory or critical notes.
interruptio
interruptio (in-t[schwa]r-r[schwa]p-shee-oh). [Latin] Interruption. • This word refers to a break in the possession of land that ends a prescriptive claim.
title defective in form
A title for which some defect appears on the face of the deed, as opposed to a defect that arises from circumstances or extrinsic evidence. • Title defective in form cannot be the basis of prescription. See PRESCRIPTION(5). [Cases: Vendor and Purchaser 129. C.J.S. Vendor and Purchaser § 314.]
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adverse use
adverse use 未经许可的使用；时效使用 指未经土地所有人许可，持续、公开、独占并为包括土地所有人在内的公众所知地使用土地，同时主张一项与所有人的权利相对抗的权利。这一状态持续至法定时效取得期限〔prescriptive period〕届满时，可以导致地役权〔easement〕的产生。