Prescription – this legal term details a method of acquiring legal rights through the silence of the recent property owner. Known in the Common Law jurisdiction as “statute of limitations.” When used in a real property context, the term refers to the acquisition of property rights, such as an easement, by long and continued use or enjoyment. The required duration of continued use or enjoyment, before legal rights are enforceable, is usually written in a state’s law known as “statute of limitations.”