imprescriptible

An imprescriptible right is held by every person.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Not subject to prescription: In legal or philosophical contexts, "imprescriptible" describes a right, claim, or privilege that cannot be taken away, lost, or invalidated by the passage of time or by failure to exercise it. It is an absolute and inalienable quality.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The right to life is considered an imprescriptible human right. (This right cannot be forfeited or abolished over time.)
  • The treaty recognized the imprescriptible sovereignty of the nation over its territory. (The nation's control over its land cannot be legally revoked.)

Advanced Usage

• "imprescriptible right": a right that cannot be extinguished by disuse or lapse of time.

  • In international law, certain imprescriptible rights are protected even during armed conflict. (These rights remain valid regardless of circumstances.)

• "imprescriptible claim": a legal or moral demand that cannot be nullified by prescription.

  • The indigenous people's imprescriptible claim to ancestral lands was upheld by the court. (The claim cannot be legally erased due to time.)

Variants and Related Words

• Imprescriptibility (noun): the quality or state of being imprescriptible.

  • The imprescriptibility of the principle was debated among legal scholars. (The inability of the principle to be lost over time was discussed.)

• Prescriptible (adj): capable of being lost or invalidated by prescription (the opposite of imprescriptible).

  • Unlike imprescriptible rights, some property rights are prescriptible and can expire. (These rights can be taken away over time.)

Synonyms

• Inalienable: not able to be taken away or transferred.
  • Freedom of speech is an inalienable right. (It cannot be removed.)
• Indefeasible: not capable of being annulled or voided.
  • The contract contained an indefeasible clause. (The clause cannot be cancelled.)

Antonyms

• Prescriptible: subject to being lost by prescription.
  • Some legal claims are prescriptible after a certain period. (They can expire.)
• Alienable: capable of being transferred or surrendered.
  • Property rights are often alienable. (They can be sold or given away.)

Related Idioms

• "Beyond the reach of time": describing something that cannot be affected by the passage of time.

  • The imprescriptible nature of the principle places it beyond the reach of time. (It remains unchanged forever.)

• "Set in stone": unchangeable or permanent.

  • This imprescriptible right is set in stone by the constitution. (It cannot be altered.)