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imprescriptible
[ im-pri-skrip-tuh-buhl ]
adjective
, Law.
- not subject to prescription.
imprescriptible
/ ˌɪmprɪˈskrɪptəbəl /
adjective
- law immune or exempt from prescription
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Derived Forms
- ˌimpreˈscriptibly, adverb
- ˌimpreˌscriptiˈbility, noun
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Other Words From
- impre·scripti·bili·ty noun
- impre·scripti·bly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of imprescriptible1
From the Medieval Latin word imprescriptibilis, dating back to 1555–65. See im- 2, prescriptible
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Example Sentences
The Pope then declares that this law can never be cited against the imprescriptible rights of the Church.
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It is one of those inalienable imprescriptible rights which the people can not forfeit by neglect or disuse.
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The author of any ideal creation—a poem, a drama, or a novel—has an imprescriptible property in the fame of his work.
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This sovereignty is one, indivisible, imprescriptible, and inalienable.
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The right of the journalist is as sacred, as necessary, as imprescriptible, as the right of the legislator.
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