imprescriptible

[ im-pri-skrip-tuh-buhl ]

adjective

, Law.

1. not subject to prescription.

imprescriptible

/ ˌɪmprɪˈskrɪptəbəl /

adjective

1. law immune or exempt from prescription

Derived Forms

• ˌimpreˈscriptibly, adverb
• ˌimpreˌscriptiˈbility, noun

Other Words From

• impre·scripti·bili·ty noun
• impre·scripti·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of imprescriptible¹

From the Medieval Latin word imprescriptibilis, dating back to 1555–65. See im- ², prescriptible

Example Sentences

The Pope then declares that this law can never be cited against the imprescriptible rights of the Church.

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It is one of those inalienable imprescriptible rights which the people can not forfeit by neglect or disuse.

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The author of any ideal creation—a poem, a drama, or a novel—has an imprescriptible property in the fame of his work.

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This sovereignty is one, indivisible, imprescriptible, and inalienable.

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The right of the journalist is as sacred, as necessary, as imprescriptible, as the right of the legislator.

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