imprescriptible

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: im=pre=scrip=ti=ble

CIDE DICTIONARY

imprescriptible, a. [Pref. im- not + prescriptible: cf. F. imprescriptible.].

•  Not capable of being lost or impaired by neglect, by disuse, or by the claims of another founded on prescription; -- of rights.  [1913 Webster]

  "The right of navigation, fishing, and others that may be exercised on the sea, belonging to the right of mere ability, are imprescriptible."  [1913 Webster]
•  Not derived from, or dependent on, external authority; self-evidencing; obvious.  [1913 Webster]

  "The imprescriptible laws of the pure reason."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

imprescriptible, adj. Law (of rights) that cannot be taken away by prescription or lapse of time.

Etymology

med.L imprescriptibilis (as IN-(1), PRESCRIBE)

ROGET THESAURUS

imprescriptible

Dueness

N due, dueness, right, privilege, prerogative, prescription, title, claim, pretension, demand, birthright, immunity, license, liberty, franchise, vested interest, vested right, sanction, authority, warranty, charter, warrant, constitution, tenure, bond, claimant, appellant, plaintiff, having a right to, entitled to, claiming, deserving, meriting, worthy of, privileged, allowed, sanctioned, warranted, authorized, ordained, prescribed, constitutional, chartered, enfranchised, prescriptive, presumptive, absolute, indefeasible, unalienable, inalienable, imprescriptible, inviolable, unimpeachable, unchallenged, sacrosanct, due to, merited, deserved, condign, richly deserved, allowable, lawful, licit, legitimate, legal, legalized, square, unexceptionable, right, equitable, due, en r gle, fit, fitting, correct, proper, meet, befitting, becoming, seemly, decorous, creditable, up to the mark, right as a trivet, just the thing, quite the thing, selon les r gles, duly, ex officio, de jure, by right, by divine right, jure divino, Dei gratia, in the name of, civis Romanus sum, +a chaque saint sa chandelle.