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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If property is a natural, absolute, imprescriptible, and inalienable right, why, in all ages, has there been so much speculation as to its origin?—for this is one of its distinguishing characteristics.
From What is Property? by Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)
D'Artagnan, be it remembered, was only twenty years old, and at that age sleep has its imprescriptible rights which it imperiously insists upon, even with the saddest hearts.
From The Three Musketeers by Dumas père, Alexandre
Examples crowd upon us: once the possessions of the church, the estates of the crown, the fiefs of the nobility were inalienable and imprescriptible.
From What is Property? by Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)
It declares that "the object of every political association is the preservation of natural and imprescriptible rights."
From The French Revolution - Volume 1 by Durand, John
To this entire region, often termed in French expansionist circles "La France du Levant," the imperialists asserted that France had "imprescriptible historic rights running back to the Crusades and even to Charlemagne."
From The New World of Islam by Stoddard, Lothrop
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