incontestability
Noun: The quality or state of being impossible to contest, dispute, or challenge; the condition of being unquestionable or undeniable.
- (The evidence was so strong that it could not be challenged.)
- (The signature's validity cannot be disputed.)
- (Her win was so clear that no one could argue against it.)
"Principle of incontestability": A legal or logical doctrine that certain facts or rights cannot be questioned after a specified period or under certain conditions.
- The principle of incontestability in patent law protects a granted patent from later challenges. (After a set time, the patent's validity is considered final.)
"Moral incontestability": The idea that certain ethical truths are universally and undeniably valid.
- Many argue for the moral incontestability of basic human rights. (These rights are seen as beyond dispute.)
Incontestable (adj): impossible to contest; indisputable.
- The facts are incontestable; we must accept them. (The facts cannot be disputed.)
Incontestably (adv): in a manner that cannot be disputed.
- He is incontestably the best candidate for the job. (There is no doubt about his suitability.)
Contestability (n): the quality of being open to dispute or challenge.
- The contestability of the election results led to a recount. (The results could be challenged.)
- Indisputability: the quality of being beyond doubt or argument.
- Unquestionability: the state of not being open to question.
- Irrefutability: the quality of being impossible to disprove.
Beyond a shadow of a doubt: completely certain; without any possibility of dispute.
- The truth of her story was established beyond a shadow of a doubt. (Her story was incontestably true.)
Open and shut case: a matter that is straightforward and easily decided, with no room for contestation.
- The evidence was so clear it was an open and shut case. (The case was incontestable.)