In the civil law . Added, annexed, or bound by or in writing; enrolled, registered: united, joined, annexed, bound to, generally. Scrius colonce adscrip- tus, a slave annexed to an estate as a cultivator. Dig. 10, 2, 54, 2. Fundus adscrip- tus, an estate bound to, or burdened with a duty. Cod. 11, 2, 3.