a. Sc. Law. [f. L. vīcenni-um: see Cf. L. vīcennālis, F. vicennal.] Extending to twenty years.
1737. Kames, Decis. Crt. Sess. 1730–52 (1799), 19. What use would there be for the vicennial prescription of retours, if a purchase [etc.].
1785. Arnot, Trials (1812), 261. Lord Fountainhall laid down this doctrine, that the vicennial prescription of Crimes had no place with us.
1826. G. J. Bell, Comment. Laws Scot. (ed. 5), I. Vicennial Prescription of Holograph Obligations.
1838. W. Bell, Dict. Law Scot., 770. By the act 1617, c. 13, a vicennial prescription of retours was introduced.
