IMPRESCRIPTIBILITY
\ɪmpɹɪskɹˌɪptɪbˈɪlɪti], \ɪmpɹɪskɹˌɪptɪbˈɪlɪti], \ɪ_m_p_ɹ_ɪ_s_k_ɹ_ˌɪ_p_t_ɪ_b_ˈɪ_l_ɪ_t_i]\
Definitions of IMPRESCRIPTIBILITY
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1856 - A Law Dictionary
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By Noah Webster.
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The state of being incapable of prescription.
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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.
By John Bouvier
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).
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