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prescription

Definitions of prescription
  1. noun
    prescribed guide for conduct or action
    synonyms: règle
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    types:
    arrêté municipal
    a rule adopted by an organization in order to regulate its own affairs and the behavior of its members
    règlement
    a body of rules followed by an assembly
    principe
    rule of personal conduct
    ordonnance, règlement
    an authoritative rule
    étiquette
    rules governing socially acceptable behavior
    interpellation
    (parliament) a parliamentary procedure of demanding that a government official explain some act or policy
    ordre permanent
    a rule of order permanently in force
    limitation de vitesse, limite de vitesse
    regulation establishing the top speed permitted on a given road
    clôture
    a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
    type of:
    conseil, mode d'emploi, notice, recommandation
    a message describing how something is to be done
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