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(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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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Prescriptive'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/prescriptive.html. 1828.
 
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