imprescriptible


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imprescriptible

(ˌɪmprɪˈskrɪptəbəl)
adj
(Law) law immune or exempt from prescription
ˌimpreˌscriptiˈbility n
ˌimpreˈscriptibly adv
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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.
At this day it cannot but strike us as extraordinary, that it does not appear to have occurred to any one member of that assembly, which had laid down in terms so clear, so explicit, so unequivocal, the foundation of all just government, in the imprescriptible rights of man, and the transcendent sovereignty of the people, and who in those principles had set forth their only personal vindication from the charges of rebellion against their king, and of treason to their country, that their last crowning act was still to be performed upon the same principles.
Le Representant special du Secretaire general de l'ONU, Ghassan Salame egalement chef de la Mission d'appui en Libye (UNSMIL), a reaffirme que la mission transmettra un rapport sur le bombardement de l'aeroport de Maitigua a Tripoli au Procureur de la Cour penale internationale (CPI), au Conseil de securite et au Comite des sanctions contre la Libye, assurant qu'il s'agit d'un crime de guerre imprescriptible.
From the opposition side, SPLM-N Agar deputy leader Yasir Arman issue a short statement to condemn the attack and recalled that the killing of civilians is an imprescriptible crime.
La responsabilite de la situation qui a prevalu incombe totalement a la presidence de la Chambre des representants qui, contrairement aux autres votes, n'a pas cherche le consensus et prefere le passage de vote, alors que le Groupement parlementaire du PPS ne reclamait qu'un droit imprescriptible, consacre par l'article 64 du reglement interieur de la Chambre.
Elle n'entend pas renoncer a un droit imprescriptible.
Chapter 8, entitled "Recognition of the Mexican State's Direct, Inalienable, and Imprescriptible Ownership of Hydrocarbons," simply states that "the United States and Canada recognize that":
It went on describing the declaration an "imprescriptible crime", and that the Palestinians choice was to strive for the restoration of their legitimate rights.
Being a void contract, then the action to impugn the sale of the same is imprescriptible pursuant to Article 1410 of the New Civil Code (NCC).