Prescriptively - Law Dictionary Search Results
Franchise
the Crown's prerogative subsisting in the hands of a subject. It arises either from royal grant, or from prescription, which pre-supposes a grant. The kinds are almost infinite, but the principal are: bodies corporate, the right to
Fairs
recurring at more distant intervals. No fair can be held without a grant from the Crown, or a prescription which supposes such grant. Before a patent is granted it is usual to have a writ of ad
Imprescriptable rights
or not, at pleasure, since they cannot be lost to him by the claims of another founded on prescription.
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Profit a prendre
such as the inhabitants of a place (Williams on Rights of Common, p. 194). See LAMMAS LANDS. A prescription in a que estate for a profit a prendre in alieno solo without stint and for commercial purposes
Port
Port, a place for the lading or unlading of ships, created by royal charter or lawful prescription. See Foreman v. Free Fishers and Dredgers of Whitstable, (1869) LR 4 HL, at p. 285. Portus est
Procurationem adversus nulla est pr'scriptio
Procurationem adversus nulla est pr'scriptio. Dav. 6, (There is no prescription against procuration.)
Purchase
in any lawful manner, other than by descent, or the mere act of law, and including escheat, occupancy, prescription, forfeiture, and alienation. See 2 Br. and Had. Com. 408 et seq. It is possession to which a
Res habiles
Res habiles, means things that may be acquired by prescription, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1310.
Royal fish
xli. The right to royal fish may be vested in a subject by grant from the Crown or prescription.
Royal forests
forests. A hunting territory for the King's princely delight and pleasure. Its boundaries are ascertained by record, or prescription; formerly administered by laws and officers belonging to the forest, with special courts and a particular law. These
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