la prescription

prescription, doctor's order, statute of limitations, limitation period

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prescrip to prescribe + tion action or result of an action

noun · feminine Rare #51,491

prescription, doctor's order In everyday French, it can also refer to the medicine prescribed.

FR: Le médecin m'a donné une prescription.

EN: The doctor gave me a prescription.

statute of limitations, limitation period In this legal sense, it often appears in the expression « il y a prescription »: the time limit has expired.

FR: Il y a prescription pour cette affaire.

EN: The statute of limitations has expired for this case.

C'est une prescription, pas un conseil.

It's a prescription, not advice.

— Le Loup de Wall Street (2013)

M. Tan, venez prendre votre prescription.

Mr. Tan, please come get your prescription.

— Shutter (2004)

Il y a prescription sur votre meurtre.

There is a statute of limitations on your murder.

— Old Boy (2003)

C'est une prescription médicale.

It's a medical prescription.

— Star Trek II : La colère de Khan (1982)