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 right of the journalist is as sacred, as necessary, as imprescriptible, as the right of the legislator.
From The Speaker, No. 5: Volume II, Issue 1 December, 1906. by Pearson, Paul M. (Paul Martin)
C'est son droit imprescriptible que le narrateur reproduise tous les faits sans aucune réticence et range toutes les évolutions dans leur ordre naturel.
From A Lecture on the Study of History by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron
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
The purpose of government is to assure to man the enjoyment of his natural and imprescriptible rights.
From Selected Essays by Stenning, H. J.
It is one of those inalienable imprescriptible rights which the people can not forfeit by neglect or disuse.
From The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
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