perscriptĭo, ōnis, f. [perscribo].
I A writing down , an entry in a book, an official recording : perscriptionum et liturarum adversaria, Cic. Rosc. Com. 2, 5; id. de Or. 1, 58, 250: falsae perscriptiones, id. Phil. 5, 4, 11; id. Fam. 5, 2, 4.—
II A making over in writing , an assignment , Cic. Att. 12, 51, 3: haec pactio non verbis sed nominibua et perscriptionibus facta est, id. ib. 4, 18, 2.