Inalienable
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
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.