Look up: prescriptive

1. Prescriptive
   Water rights which are acquired by diverting water and putting it to use in accordance with specified procedures; e.g. filing a request with a state agency to use unused water in a stream, river, or lake.
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2. prescriptive
   [adj] - (grammar) giving directives or rules
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3. Prescriptive
   Pre·scrip'tive adjective [ Latin praescriptivus of a demurrer or legal exception.] (Law) Consisting in, or acquired by, immemorial or long-continued use and enjoyment; as, a prescriptive right of title; pleading the continuance and a...
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/154
   
   
4. prescriptive
   normative adjective pertaining to giving directives or rules; `prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage`
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5. Prescriptive
   • (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.
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6. prescriptive
   prescriptive 1. Establishing or adhering to rules and regulations. 2. Based on legal prescription. 3. Based on or authorized by long-standing custom.
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7. prescriptive
   A code where the requirements are expressed as rigid rules or predetermined solutions
   Found on http://oak.arch.utas.edu.au/glossary/vie