inalienableadj.
/ɪnˈeɪlɪənəb(ə)l/ Not alienable; that cannot be alienated or transferred from its present ownership or relation.
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the mind > possession > retaining > [adjective] > able to be retained > not able to be transferred
intransitivea1641
underivable1643
inalienable1647
untransferable1649
intransmissible1656
indeprivable1744
intransfusible1804
untransferrable1826
intransferable1853
intransferrible1873
society > law > transfer of property > [adjective] > transferable > not
untransmissible1590
unalienable1611
inalienable1647
non-transferable1838
1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 34 Their youth shall last alwayes with their lust, and love shall be satiated with onely one, and remaine inalienable.
1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. vi, in Hist. Wks. (1813) II. 248 Inalienable prerogatives of royalty.
1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1865) 120 This right of the individual to retain his whole natural independence..is absolutely inalienable.
1884 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 27 163 This petition has been opposed..on the ground of the inalienable character of alimony.
Derivatives
inˈalienably adv.
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the mind > possession > retaining > [adverb] > not transferable
intransitivelya1638
inalienably1774
society > law > transfer of property > [adverb] > not able to be transferred
unalienably1702
inalienably1774
1774 W. Robertson View State of Europe (new ed.) iii, in Hist. Charles V (new ed.) I. 220 Some of the highest offices in the Empire having been annexed to them inalienably.
1868 A. P. Stanley Hist. Mem. Westm. Abbey i. 48 The ceremony of the coronation has been inalienably attached to the Abbey.
1885 Law Times Rep. 53 78/1 A married woman takes an interest under a settlement, vested in her inalienably.
inˈalienableness n.
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1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Inalienableness, incapableness of being alienated, or transferred to another by Law.
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