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unˈalienable, a.
[un-1 7 b and 5 b.]
= inalienable a.
1611Cotgr., Inalienable, vnalienable; which cannot be sold, or passed away. 1641Earl of Monmouth tr. Biondi's Civil Warres v. 125 Those countries..which for safety and reputation ought to be unallienable from the Crowne of England. 1688Answ. Talon's Plea 27 This Monsieur Talon maintains to be an unalienable right of the Crown of France. 1743J. Morris Serm. vii. 197 God..gives all men their being, and has an unalienable claim to their obedience. 1771Goldsm. Hist. Eng. II. 307 Giving these petty tyrants a power of selling their estates, which before his time were unalienable. 1841Stephen Comm. Laws Eng. (1874) II. 13 Personal chattels cannot in any instance be rendered unalienable beyond the period prescribed. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xvii. IV. 115 That all men were endowed by the Creator with an unalienable right to liberty. |