indefeasible
pronunciation
How to pronounce indefeasible in British English:
UK [ˌɪndɪ'fi:zəbl]
How to pronounce indefeasible in American English:
US [ˌɪndɪ'fizəbəl]
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- Adjective:
- not liable to being annulled or voided or undone
Word Origin
- indefeasible (adj.)
- 1530s (implied in indefeasibly), from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + defeasible (see defeasance).
Example
- 1. An indefeasible claim ; indefeasible rights .
- 2. Any law that violates the indefeasible rights of man is essentially unjust and tyrannical .
- 3. An heir whose right to inheritance is indefeasible by law provided he or she survives an ancestor .
- 4. Alone in the world , cast off by it , and with this sole treasure to keep her heart alive , she felt that she possessed indefeasible rights against the world , and was ready to defend them to the death .
- 5. While property continued only for life , testaments were useless and unknown ; and , when it became inheritable , the inheritance was long indefeasible , and the children or heirs at law were incapable of exclusion by will .