imprescriptible
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of imprescriptible
From the Medieval Latin word imprescriptibilis, dating back to 1555–65. See im- 2, prescriptible
Example Sentences
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We shall stumble on from one vague proposition to another, till we find ourselves landed in the revolutionary doctrine of the equal imprescriptible rights of man.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 by Various
On the opposite side are the doctrinaire imperialists, who maintain the equally imprescriptible right of their particular nation to “vital expansion” regardless of injuries thereby inflicted upon other nations.
From The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy by Stoddard, Lothrop
"Yes," said Salvius Julianus, "imprescriptible is the Romans' right to Rome."
From A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 by Dahn, Felix
And it is this unity of society which makes the land common property, and which, as M. Considerant says, renders its use imprescriptible in the case of every individual.
From What is Property? by Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)
If property is a natural, absolute, imprescriptible, and inalienable right, why, in all ages, has there been so much speculation as to its origin?—for this is one of its distinguishing characteristics.
From What is Property? by Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)
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