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imprescriptible, a.|ɪmprɪˈskrɪptɪb(ə)l|
Also 6 inpre-, 7 impræ-.
[a. F. imprescriptible (16th c.), f. im- (im-2) + prescriptible prescriptible.]
Not subject to prescription; that cannot in any circumstances be legally taken away or abandoned; esp. in imprescriptible right(s.
1563–87Foxe A. & M. (1596) 330/1 The said lawe is called inprescriptible; for that it is Ius fisci. 1671F. Phillips Reg. Necess. 305 Those things which were granted or given in signe of subjection are impræscriptible. 1791Paine Rights of Man (ed. 4) 117 The natural and imprescriptible rights of man..are liberty, property, security, and resistance of oppression. 1884W. J. Courthope Addison i. 3 The author of any ideal creation..has an imprescriptible property in the fame of his work.
Hence impreˈscriptibly adv.
1807Coxe Austria (Jod.), Imprescriptibly vested in the church. |