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Imprescriptibility

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The state of being incapable of prescription. A property which is held in trust is imprescriptible, that is, the trustee cannot acquire a title to it by prescription; nor can the borrower of a thing get a right to it by any lapse of time, unless he claims an adverse right to it during the time required by law.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Incapability of being acquired by prescription. See Prescription.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

The state of being incapable of prescription. A property which is held in trust is imprescriptible: that is, the trustee cannot acquire a title to it by prescription; nor can the borrower of a thing get a right to it by any lapse of time, unless he claims an adverse right to it during the time required by law. '

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The state or quality of being incapable of prescription; not of such a character that a right to it can be gained by prescription.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Tho state or quality of being incapable of prescription; uot of such a character that a right to it can be gained by prescription.