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  2. List of legal abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of abbreviations used in law and legal documents. It is common practice in legal documents to cite other publications by using standard abbreviations for the title of each source. Abbreviations may also be found for common words or legal phrases.

  3. List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions - Wikipedia

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    take (often effectively a noun meaning "prescription"—medical prescription or prescription drug) rep. repetatur: let it be repeated s. signa: write (write on the label) s.a. secundum artem: according to the art (accepted practice or best practice) SC subcutaneous "SC" can be mistaken for "SL," meaning sublingual. See also SQ: sem. semen seed ...

  4. Prescription - Wikipedia

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    Prescription (sovereignty transfer), acquisition of sovereignty through uncontested use; Period of prescription, in civil law jurisdictions, the time limit within which a lawsuit must be brought; Prescribed sum, the maximum fine that may be imposed on summary conviction of certain offences in the United Kingdom

  5. Medical prescription - Wikipedia

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    The oldest known medical prescription text was found at Ebla, in modern Syria, and dates back to around 2500 BCE. [43] [44] [45] Modern prescriptions are actually extemporaneous prescriptions (from the Latin ex tempore, 'at/from the time'), [46] meaning that the prescription is written on the spot for a specific patient with a specific ailment ...

  6. Glossary of law - Wikipedia

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    At common law, this was the name of a mixed action (springing from the earlier personal action of ejectione firmae) which lay for the recovery of the possession of land, and for damages for the unlawful detention of its possession. The action was highly fictitious, being in theory only for the recovery of a term for years, and brought by a ...

  7. Statutory declaration - Wikipedia

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    The declaration may be used in connection with matters of law, including judicial proceedings, but what weight is given to the declaration is a matter for the judge to decide. Statutory declarations must be made in a prescribed form and witnessed by a person as specified in the Statutory Declarations Regulations 2023.

  8. Statute of limitations - Wikipedia

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    Common law legal systems can include a statute specifying the length of time within which a claimant or prosecutor must file a case. In some jurisdictions (e.g., California), [2] a case cannot begin after the period specified, and courts have no jurisdiction over cases filed after the statute of limitations has expired.

  9. Prescription drug - Wikipedia

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    It is a contraction of the Latin word "recipe" (an imperative form of "recipere") meaning "take". [1] Prescription drugs are often dispensed together with a monograph (in Europe, a Patient Information Leaflet or PIL) that gives detailed information about the drug. The use of prescription drugs has been increasing since the 1960s.