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PRESCRIPTION

California Department of Real Estate

Updated 08-20-2026

PRESCRIPTION

The means of acquiring incorporeal interests in land, usually an easement, by immemorial or long continued use. The time is ordinarily the term of the statute of limitations.

California Department of Real Estate Glossary

California Department of Real Estate · p. 25

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