imprescriptible
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- imprescriptibility noun
- imprescriptibly adverb
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 purpose of government is to assure to man the enjoyment of his natural and imprescriptible rights.
From Selected Essays by Stenning, H. J.
These à priori gentry would find it very difficult to draw any advantage from their imprescriptible rights, except in a state of tolerable civil government.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 by Various
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 Imbert de Saint-Amand, Arthur Léon, baron
C'est son droit imprescriptible que le narrateur reproduise tous les faits sans aucune reticence et range toutes les evolutions dans leur ordre naturel.
From Lectures on Modern history by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron
This first gift of nature is imprescriptible; and men, even in their delirium, cannot renounce it.”
From Martyria or Andersonville Prison by Hamlin, Augustus C.
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