Inalienable

4 definitions found

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

  Inalienable \In*al"ien*a*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + alienable:
     cf. F. inali['e]nable.]
     Incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to
     another; not alienable; as, in inalienable birthright.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  inalienable
       adj 1: incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another;
              "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable
              rights" [syn: {unalienable}] [ant: {alienable}]
       2: not subject to forfeiture; "an unforfeitable right" [syn: {unforfeitable}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "inalienable":
     bound up in, bound up with, deep-seated, esoteric, immanent,
     impartible, implanted, implicit, incommunicable, indefeasible,
     indissoluble, indivisible, indwelling, infixed, ingrained,
     inherent, inner, inseparable, internal, intrinsic, inward,
     inwrought, irreducible, noncommunicable, noncontagious,
     noninfectious, private, resident, secret, subjective, unalienable,
     unchallengeable, undividable, unimpartable, unquestionable
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  INALIENABLE. This word is applied to those things, the property of which 
  cannot be lawfully transferred from one person to another. Public highways 
  and rivers are of this kind; there are also many rights which are 
  inalienable, as the rights of liberty, or of speech.