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inalienable, a.|ɪnˈeɪlɪənəb(ə)l|
[f. in-3 + alienable. Cf. F. inaliénable (16th c. in Hatz.-Darm.).]
Not alienable; that cannot be alienated or transferred from its present ownership or relation.
c1645Howell Lett. (1650) II. x. 18 Their youth shall last alwaies with their lust, and love shall be satiated with onely one, where it shall remain inalienable. 1777Robertson Hist. Amer. (1813) II. vi. 248 Inalienable prerogatives of royalty. 1809–10Coleridge Friend (1865) 120 This right of the individual to retain his whole natural independence..is absolutely inalienable. 1884Law Rep. 27 Ch. Div. 163 This petition has been opposed..on the ground of the inalienable character of alimony.
Hence inˈalienably adv.; inˈalienableness.
1727Bailey vol. II, Inalienableness, incapableness of being alienated, or transferred to another by Law. 1769Robertson Chas. V, I. 170 (Seager) Some of the highest offices in the empire have been annexed to them inalienably. 1868Stanley Westm. Abb. i. 48 The ceremony of the coronation has been inalienably attached to the Abbey. 1885Law Times Rep. LIII. 78/1 A married woman takes an interest under a settlement, vested in her inalienably. |