irrepealable
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
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
The authority of his great name has been quoted for the purpose of proving that he regarded the Missouri act as a compact, an irrepealable compact.
From American Eloquence, Volume 3 Studies In American Political History (1897) by Alexander Johnston
That was the irrepealable condition under which aid from time to time was granted.
From Mrs. Thompson A Novel by W. B. (William Babington) Maxwell
That was the irrepealable law which he said prohibited slavery in the Territories of Utah and New Mexico.
From American Eloquence, Volume 3 Studies In American Political History (1897) by Alexander Johnston
Ye would think it were an irrepealable decree, if all the nations in the earth, and angels above, convened to adjudge a man to death, did pass sentence upon him.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning
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