prescriptive
adj. 1 prescribing, laying down rules. 2 arising from custom.
a. Consisting in, or acquired by, immemorial or long-continued use and enjoyment; as, a prescriptive right of title; pleading the continuance and authority of long custom.
adj. 1 prescribing, laying down rules. 2 arising from custom.
a. Consisting in, or acquired by, immemorial or long-continued use and enjoyment; as, a prescriptive right of title; pleading the continuance and authority of long custom.