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Prescription (Law)

Topic sh85106434 · id.loc.gov

Scope Notes

Here are entered works on prescription as a mode of acquiring title to incorporeal hereditaments by immemorial or long continued enjoyment, and the so-called positive, or acquisitive, prescription of Civil law. Works on the so-called negative, or extinctive, prescription of Civil law are entered under [Limitation of actions.]

Used for

  • Immemorial usage
  • Usucapio

Examples

Note under [Limitation of actions]

Hierarchy

Broader groupings: