praescriptio

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

praescrīptiō ōnis, f

prae+SCARP-, a prefix in writing, title, inscription, preface, introduction : legis.—Fig., a pretext, excuse, pretence : honesta praescriptione rem tegere, Cs.— A limit, restriction, proviso : rationis: in hac praescriptione semihorae.

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