Imprescriptible

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Imprescriptible \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; -- of rights.
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              The right of navigation, fishing, and others that
              may be exercised on the sea, belonging to the right
              of mere ability, are imprescriptible. --Vattel
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     2. Not derived from, or dependent on, external authority;
        self-evidencing; obvious.
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              The imprescriptible laws of the pure reason.
                                                    --Colerridge.
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