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RESCRIPTION, French law (law)


RESCRIPTION, French law. A rescription is a letter by which the maker requests some one to pay a certain sum of money, or to account for him to a requests some one to pay a certain sum of money, or to account for him to a third person for it. Poth. Du Contr. de Change, n. 225. third person for it. Poth. Du Contr. de Change, n. 225. 2. According to this definition, bills of exchange are a species of 2. According to this definition, bills of exchange are a species of rescription. The difference appears to be this, that a bill of exchange is rescription. The difference appears to be this, that a bill of exchange is given when there has been a contract of exchange between the drawer and the given when there has been a contract of exchange between the drawer and the payee; whereas the rescription is sometimes given in payment of debt, and at payee; whereas the rescription is sometimes given in payment of debt, and at other times it is lent to the payee. Id. other times it is lent to the payee. Id.