inalienability
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9.6
- noun
- /ɪˌneɪliəˈnæbɪlɪti/
- Formal
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inalienabilidad
- CONAIE continued to lobby for the inalienability and indivisibility of collective land rights in the debates over Ecuador's constitutional reform and secured these issues in the Constitution of 1998 (Ecuador 1998, art. 84).
Examples
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But the possibility of undercompensatory damages could lead to circumstances in which inalienability creates inefficiency.
Academic text (1997) -
The problem with judicially imposed inalienability is that judges do not have perfect information about when performing an injunction would be inefficient (that is, when the defendant's cost of performance is greater than the plaintiff's benefit from performance).
Academic text (1997) -
God's gifts are qualified by two forms of inalienability.
Academic text (2006) -
At first, it might seem that inalienability should be judicially imposed in all cases.
Academic text (1997) -
Accordingly, judges might mistakenly impose inalienability too rarely or too often.
Academic text (1997) -
If any political lesson emerges from these shifting allegiances, we might consider the true inalienability of certain human rights.
Academic text (2002) -
Inalienability is supposed to deter the plaintiff from threatening enforcement of inefficient injunctions by making those threats not credible.
Academic text (1997) -
The inalienability of human rights means they cannot be taken away under any circumstances.
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Many believe inalienability ensures that certain fundamental freedoms are protected for all individuals.
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The concept of inalienability is important in discussions about property rights and personal liberties.
Antonyms
- Formal
Something that can be sold or given to another person, especially in legal situations
How Transferable
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6.2
- Formal
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9.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
inalienability = inalienable (semi-transparent) = in + alien + able + ity
The noun is a standard and readily interpretable '-ity' formation meaning the state or quality of being inalienable.
Etymology
Inalienability breaks into in- 'not' and alien 'other' or 'belonging to someone else', as in the word alienate. So inalienability means something cannot be taken away or given to another person.