unalienable
adj.
not able to be taken away, not alienable
Inalienable rights
The term inalienable rights (or unalienable rights) refers to a
theoretical set of
human rights that are fundamental, are not awarded by human power, and cannot be surrendered. They are by definition, rights retained by the people. Inalienable rights may be defined as
natural rights or human rights, but natural rights are not required by definition to be inalienable.
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unalienable
Adjective
1. incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another; "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights"
(synonym) inalienable
(similar) absolute, infrangible, inviolable
(see-also) intrinsic, intrinsical
Unalienable
(a.)
Inalienable; as, unalienable rights.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Unalienable
The state of a thing or right which cannot be sold.
Things which are not in commerce, 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.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.