Unalienable
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In capable of being sold. Things which are not incommerce, as public roads, are in their nature unalienable. Some things are unalienable in consequence of particular provisions in the law forbidding, their sale or transfer; as, pensions granted by the government. The natural rights of life and liberty are unalienable. UNANIMITY (Lat. unus, one, animus, mind). The agreement of all the persons concerned in a thing, in design and opinion. Generally, a simple majority of any number of persons is sufficient to do such acts as the whole number can do, — for example, a majority of the legislature can pass a law; but there are some cases in which unanimity is required, — for example, a traverse jury composed of twelve individuals cannot decide an issue submitted to them unless they are unanimous,