imprescriptible
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- imprescriptibility noun
- imprescriptibly adverb
Etymology
Origin of imprescriptible
From the Medieval Latin word imprescriptibilis, dating back to 1555–65. See im- 2, prescriptible
Example Sentences
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It is one of those inalienable imprescriptible rights which the people can not forfeit by neglect or disuse.
From The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
"Yes," said Salvius Julianus, "imprescriptible is the Romans' right to Rome."
From A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 by Dahn, Felix
The end of all political associations is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of man; and these rights are liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression.
From A Short History of English Liberalism by Blease, Walter Lyon
Among "these natural and imprescriptible rights" the legislator has placed "resistance to oppression."
From The French Revolution - Volume 1 by Durand, John
To this entire region, often termed in French expansionist circles "La France du Levant," the imperialists asserted that France had "imprescriptible historic rights running back to the Crusades and even to Charlemagne."
From The New World of Islam by Stoddard, Lothrop
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