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Inalienable

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

A word denoting the condition of those things the property in which cannot be lawfully transferred from one person to another. Public highways and rivers are inalienable. There are also many rights which are inalienable, as the rights of liberty or of speech.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Incapable of being transferred.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A word denoting the condition of those things the property in which cannot be lawfully transferred from one person to another. Public highways and rivers are inalienable. There are also many rights which are inalienable, as the rights of liberty or of speech.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Not subject to alienation ; the characteristic of those things which cannot be bought or sold or transferred from one person to another, such as rivers and ' public highways, and certain personal rights; e. g., liberty.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

See Alien, 3.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

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.