prescription

prescription

[Medicine/Medical]a direction, usually written, by the physician to the pharmacist for the preparation and use of a medicine or remedy.
[Law]Also called positive prescription. the process of acquiring rights by uninterrupted assertion of the right over a long period of time.

This word has several different meanings. Even my English teacher didn't know the latter meaning. Of course, neither was I :P

Refs

• http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/prescription?s=t

word, 13-11-23 09:42, 13-11-23 09:42, Yosei