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Imprescriptible

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Im`pre`scrip´ti`ble
a.1.Not capable of being lost or impaired by neglect, by disuse, or by the claims of another founded on prescription; - of rights.
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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D'Artagnan, be it remembered, was only twenty years old, and at that age sleep has its imprescriptible rights which it imperiously insists upon, even with the saddest hearts.
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