irrepealable
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Origin of irrepealable
First recorded in 1625–35; ir- 2 + repealable ( def. )
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Magna Carta, they write, is "the nearest approach to an irrepealable 'fundamental statute' that England has ever had."
From Time Magazine Archive
Now, I will show that that was not Mr. Webster's meaning—that he was never guilty of the mistake of saying that the Missouri act of 1820 was an irrepealable law.
From American Eloquence, Volume 3 Studies In American Political History (1897) by Johnston, Alexander
Pressed by these irrepealable rules of construction, as applied to the constitution, those who maintain the affirmative of the question under discussion are forced to submit a specification.
From Monopolies and the People by Cloud, D. C.
They were contrary to the charters, they were contrary to precedent, and in the minds of the colonists the charters and precedent, taken together, formed an irrepealable body of law.
From Formation of the Union, 1750-1829 by Hart, Albert Bushnell
That was the irrepealable condition under which aid from time to time was granted.
From Mrs. Thompson A Novel by Maxwell, W. B. (William Babington)
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