passage of time, is often contrasted with limitation of actions, meaning the loss of a right of action through passage of time (Salmond p. A63); the corresponding verb is to be extinguished, to be time-barred - 840 - 2. requirement - instruction S 1. prescripción 2. prescripción prescription acquisitive E acquisitive prescription S prescripción adquisitiva prescription de l'action publique (FR) E prescription of the public right of action S prescripción del delito prescription de la peine (FR) E prescription of (the) punishment S prescripción de la pena prescription extinctive E extinctive prescription S prescripción extintiva prescription légale (FR) E legal requirement S prescripción legal prescrire 1. soumettre à la prescription (Petit Robert) 2. ordonner ou recommander expressément (Petit Robert) Ossorio; CL CC 2492-2524 Capitant Syn. positive prescription, creative prescription Ossorio Proc. pén.: CPP 6-9, Dalloz Proc. pén. pp. 122-140 Loosely, extinction of the public right of action, but prescription is merely one method by which this right is extinguishable Ossorio Proc. pen.: CPP 763-765, Dalloz Pen. sect. 575 Loosely, estin&tion oL (the) punishment, but prescription is merely one method by which punishment is extinguishable Ossorio Capitant Syn. negative prescription Ossorio - 841 - E 1. (translate according to context) 2. to prescribe S 1. prescribir 2. e.g. prescrire la propriété, to acquire ownership by prescription; prescrire contre X. to enforce a prescriptive claim against X; l'action est prescrite, se prescrit, par ... ans (FR CC 2262, 2271 et seq.. CPP 7 et seq.). the (right of) action is time-barred (loosely, the action is unmaintainable) after ... years; la peine se prescrit par ... ans (FR CPP 763-765), the punishment is time-barred (loosely, unenforceable) after ... years présenter E (translate according to context) e.g. tQ,...raia.e/eet_vLp a defence, plea bar; to lodge/ file/submit a document, claim; to present a case; tfi_inyfiM/ 