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Definition: IMPRESCRIPTIBILITY

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. The quality of being imprescriptible.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Imprescriptibility" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: IMPRESCRIPTIBILITY

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Noun] The state of being independent of prescription; the state which renders a thing not liable to be lost or impaired by the prescription of another, or by one's own non-user.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Law IMPRESCRIPTIBILITY. 1. The state of being incapable of prescription. 2. A property which is held in trust is imprescriptible; that is the trustee cannot acquire a title to it by prescription; nor can the borrower of a thing get a right to it by any lapse of time, unless he claims an adverse right to it during the time required by law. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Definition: IMPRESCRIPTIBILITY

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. The quality of being imprescriptible.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "IMPRESCRIPTIBILITY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: IMPRESCRIPTIBILITY

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Noun] The state of being independent of prescription; the state which renders a thing not liable to be lost or impaired by the prescription of another, or by one's own non-user.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
LawIMPRESCRIPTIBILITY. 1. The state of being incapable of prescription. 2. A property which is held in trust is imprescriptible; that is the trustee cannot acquire a title to it by prescription; nor can the borrower of a thing get a right to it by any lapse of time, unless he claims an adverse right to it during the time required by law. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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