PRESCRIPTIVE RIGHT

PRESCRIPTIVE RIGHT prescriptive right. A right obtained by prescription (after a nuisance has been continuously in existence for 20 years, a prescriptive right to continue it is acquired as an easement appurtenant to the land on which it exists). [Cases: Nuisance 11¨C17. C.J.S. Nuisances ¡ì¡ì 77, 79¨C82.] How would a bilingual lawyer translate the term […]