prescriptive right
81prescriptivist — prescriptive ► 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 …
82Ursula Franklin — Ursula Martius Franklin, CC, O.Ont, Ph.D., D.Sc., LL.D., FRSC, (born September 16, 1921 in Munich, Germany), is a Canadian metallurgist, research physicist, author and university educator. [Lumley, Elizabeth (editor). (2008) Canadian Who s Who… …
83Easement — For spiral easements on railroads, see Track transition curve. Property law …
84Mortimer Adler — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophy era = 20th century philosophy color = #B0C4DE caption = Mortimer J. Adler name = Mortimer J. Adler birth = December 28, 1902 New York City, United States death = June 28, 2001 Palo Alto, United… …
85Mortimer J. Adler — Full name Mortimer J. Adler Born December 28, 1902(1902 12 28) New York, New York, United States Died …
86Is–ought problem — David Hume raised the is ought problem in his Treatise of Human Nature The is–ought problem in meta ethics as articulated by Scottish philosopher and historian, David Hume (1711–1776), is that many writers make claims about what ought to be on… …
87easement — ease·ment / ēz mənt/ n [Anglo French esement, literally, benefit, convenience, from Old French aisement, from aisier to ease, assist]: an interest in land owned by another that entitles its holder to a specific limited use or enjoyment (as the… …
88Constitutionalism — Constitutionalist redirects here. For parties called Constitutionalist see Constitution Party. Constitutionalism has a variety of meanings. Most generally, it is a complex of ideas, attitudes, and patterns of behavior elaborating the principle… …
89Is-ought problem — In meta ethics, the is ought problem was raised by David Hume (Scottish philosopher and historian, 1711 ndash;1776), who noted that many writers make claims about what ought to be on the basis of statements about what is . However, there seems to …
90prescription — pre·scrip·tion /pri skrip shən/ n [partly from Middle French prescription establishment of a claim, from Late Latin praescription praescriptio, from Latin, act of writing at the beginning, order, from praescribere to write at the beginning,… …
