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Definition of imprescriptible in English: imprescriptibleadjective ˌɪmprɪˈskrɪptɪb(ə)lˌɪmprəˈskrɪptəb(ə)l Law (of rights) not subject to being taken away by prescription or by lapse of time. inalienable and imprescriptible rights Example sentencesExamples - What I can get by force I get by force, and what I do not get by force I have no right to, nor do I give myself airs, or consolation, with my imprescriptible right.
- The Constitution recognises the family as the natural primary and fundamental unit group of society, and as a moral institution possessing inalienable and imprescriptible rights, antecedent and superior to all positive law.
- Though, under French legislation, war crimes could not be tried more than twenty years after their perpetration, a law of 1964 ruled that crimes against humanity were imprescriptible and could be tried without time limit.
- The aim of every political association is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of man.
- Liberty of the press, argued Erskine, is an imprescriptible natural right, given by God.
Synonyms inviolable, absolute, sacrosanct, unchallengeable, unassailable
Origin Late 16th century: from medieval Latin imprescriptibilis, from in- 'not' + Latin praescript- (from praescribere 'prescribe'). Definition of imprescriptible in US English: imprescriptibleadjectiveˌɪmprəˈskrɪptəb(ə)lˌimprəˈskriptəb(ə)l Law (of rights) unable to be taken away by prescription or by lapse of time. inalienable and imprescriptible rights Example sentencesExamples - Though, under French legislation, war crimes could not be tried more than twenty years after their perpetration, a law of 1964 ruled that crimes against humanity were imprescriptible and could be tried without time limit.
- The Constitution recognises the family as the natural primary and fundamental unit group of society, and as a moral institution possessing inalienable and imprescriptible rights, antecedent and superior to all positive law.
- The aim of every political association is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of man.
- Liberty of the press, argued Erskine, is an imprescriptible natural right, given by God.
- What I can get by force I get by force, and what I do not get by force I have no right to, nor do I give myself airs, or consolation, with my imprescriptible right.
Synonyms inviolable, absolute, sacrosanct, unchallengeable, unassailable
Origin Late 16th century: from medieval Latin imprescriptibilis, from in- ‘not’ + Latin praescript- (from praescribere ‘prescribe’). |