Prescription Act (Cap. 7:02). Country/Territory Dominica Document type Legislation Date 1882 (1991) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Laws of Dominica, 6 pp. Long titleAn Act relating to claims to rights in land. Subject Land & soil, Water Keyword Ownership Servitude Prescription/adverse possession Inland waters Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Water rights Traditional rights/customary rights Geographical area Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, Small Island Developing States Abstract This Act concerns the validity of claims of prescription which may be lawfully made at common law or by custom to any way or other easement or to any watercourse or to the use of any water, to be enjoyed or derived upon, over or from any land or water. The Act, among other things, sets out criteria for the establishment of the period after which a claim shall be held valid. Full text English Website www.dominica.gov.dm