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Imprescriptible
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What's The Definition Of Imprescriptible?Synonyms | Synonyms for Imprescriptible: Related Terms | Find terms related to Imprescriptible: See Also | Imprescriptible In Webster's Dictionary \Im`pre*scrip"ti*ble\, a. [Pref. im- not +
prescriptible: cf. F. imprescriptible.]
1. Not capable of being lost or impaired by neglect, by
disuse, or by the claims of another founded on
prescription.
The right of navigation, fishing, and others that
may be exercised on the sea, belonging to the right
of mere ability, are imprescriptible. --Vattel
(Trans. )
2. Not derived from, or dependent on, external authority;
self-evidencing; obvious.
The imprescriptible laws of the pure reason.
--Colerridge.
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