inalienability

inalienability: The quality of being nontransferable. By giving to certain lands allotted to Indian tribes the character of inalienability, it is held that Congress has thereby made the lands nontaxable, because in order to make the restriction against alienation properly effective, nontaxability follows as an implied concomitant. Colonial Trust Co. v Lewellyn (DC Penn) 12 F2d 481.

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Inalienability — In*al ien*a*bil i*ty, n. The quality or state of being inalienable. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
inalienability — inalienable ► ADJECTIVE ▪ unable to be taken away from or given away by the possessor. DERIVATIVES inalienability noun inalienably adverb … English terms dictionary
inalienability — noun see inalienable … New Collegiate Dictionary
inalienability — See inalienable. * * * … Universalium
inalienability — noun The condition of being inalienable … Wiktionary
inalienability — n. quality of being inalienable, incapability of being transferred to another … English contemporary dictionary
inalienability — in·alienability … English syllables
inalienability — (|)in, ən+ noun : the quality or state of being inalienable … Useful english dictionary
inalienable — inalienability, inalienableness, n. inalienably, adv. /in ayl yeuh neuh beuhl, ay lee euh /, adj. not alienable; not transferable to another or capable of being repudiated: inalienable rights. [1635 45; IN 3 + ALIENABLE] Syn. inviolable, absolute … Universalium
Natural and legal rights — Inalienable redirects here. For the 2008 film, see InAlienable. For the concept of alienation in property law, see Alienation (property law). Rights Theoretical distinctions … Wikipedia

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