prescriptive right
11prescriptive — ► ADJECTIVE 1) relating to the imposition of a rule or method. 2) (of a right, title, etc.) legally established by long usage. DERIVATIVES prescriptivism noun prescriptivist noun & adjective. ORIGIN Latin praescriptivus relating to a legal… …
12right — rightable, adj. /ruyt/, adj., righter, rightest, n., adv., v. adj. 1. in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct. 2. in conformity with fact, reason, truth, or some standard or principle; correct: the right solution; the… …
13right — /raɪt / (say ruyt) adjective 1. in accordance with what is just or good: right conduct. 2. in conformity with fact, reason, or some standard or principle; correct: the right solution. 3. correct in judgement, opinion, or action. 4. sound or… …
14prescriptive — prescriptively, adv. prescriptiveness, n. /pri skrip tiv/, adj. 1. that prescribes; giving directions or injunctions: a prescriptive letter from an anxious father. 2. depending on or arising from effective legal prescription, as a right or title… …
15prescriptive — pre•scrip•tive [[t]prɪˈskrɪp tɪv[/t]] adj. 1) that prescribes; giving directions or injunctions 2) cv based on or arising from long standing usage or custom 3) ling. gram. concerned with or involving the establishment of norms of correct and… …
16prescriptive easement — A right to use another s property which is not inconsistent with the owner s rights and which is acquired by a use, open and notorious, adverse and continuous for the statutory period (e.g. twenty years). To a certain extent, it resembles title… …
17prescriptive — adjective 1》 relating to the imposition of a rule or method. 2》 (of a right, title, etc.) legally established by long usage or the passage of time. Derivatives prescriptively adverb prescriptiveness noun prescriptivism noun prescriptivist noun &… …
18prescriptive — /prəˈskrɪptɪv / (say pruh skriptiv) adjective 1. that prescribes; giving directions or injunctions. 2. depending on or arising from effective prescription, as a right or title. {Late Latin praescriptīvus} –prescriptively, adverb –prescriptiveness …
19Might makes right — For other uses, see Might makes right (disambiguation). Might makes right is an aphorism with several potential meanings (in order of increasing complexity): In English, the phrase is most often used in negative assessments of expressions of… …
20ECOLOGY — This survey deals with those Jewish sources which have particular reference to environmental matters, and the restrictions upon the actions of the individual both in his own private domain and in public places, to the extent that they affect his… …
