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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The instinctive outburst of maternal love toward the new-born child corresponds to a natural imprescriptible right of the child, for it needs the continual care of its mother.
From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Auguste Forel
Sire, the descendants of Louis XIV. have imprescriptible rights to our respect, to our love.
From The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X by Arthur Léon, baron Imbert de Saint-Amand
Do not rate yourselves so high above him, many of you who imagine that you have an imprescriptible right to his obedience; for you yourselves are the most incomplete and the least seeing of men.
From Selections from the Prose Works of Matthew Arnold by William Savage Johnson
Should there be the slightest irregularity in the method of transfer, men, members of society, imprescriptible possessors of the land, might be deprived at one blow of property, possession, and the means of production.
From What is Property? by P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) Proudhon
That the use of the land belongs to each member of the race; that it is a natural and imprescriptible right, similar in all respects to the right to the air and the sunshine.
From What is Property? by P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) Proudhon
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