imprescriptible
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Etymology
Origin of imprescriptible
From the Medieval Latin word imprescriptibilis, dating back to 1555–65. See im- 2, prescriptible
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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 P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) Proudhon
The end of all political associations is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of man; and these rights are liberty, property, security, and resistance of oppression.
From Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 2 (1779-1792): the Rights of Man by Moncure Daniel Conway
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 Lothrop Stoddard
"Yes," said Salvius Julianus, "imprescriptible is the Romans' right to Rome."
From A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 by Felix Dahn
Among "these natural and imprescriptible rights" the legislator has placed "resistance to oppression."
From The French Revolution - Volume 1 by John Durand
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