imprescriptible

[ im-pri-skrip-tuh-buhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Law.

imprescriptible

/ ˌɪmprɪˈskrɪptəbəl /

From the Medieval Latin word imprescriptibilis, dating back to 1555–65. See im- ², prescriptible

The Pope then declares that this law can never be cited against the imprescriptible rights of the Church.

It is one of those inalienable imprescriptible rights which the people can not forfeit by neglect or disuse.

The author of any ideal creation—a poem, a drama, or a novel—has an imprescriptible property in the fame of his work.

This sovereignty is one, indivisible, imprescriptible, and inalienable.

The right of the journalist is as sacred, as necessary, as imprescriptible, as the right of the legislator.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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