Prescription Act (Cap. 158). Country/Territory Bahamas Document type Legislation Date 1832 (1846) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act for shortening the time of prescription in certain cases. Subject Land & soil, Water Keyword Land tenure Prescription/adverse possession Ownership Servitude Right of use Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Water abstraction Geographical area Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States Abstract The Act makes provision for prescription in respect of claims relative Common Law, by custom, prescription or grant, to any right of common or other profit or benefit to be taken and enjoyed from or upon any land or in respect of a watercourse or the use of any water. Full text English Website laws.bahamas.gov.bs