Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not transgressible; incapable of being passed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Incapable of being transgressed; not to be passed over or crossed.
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- adjective Incapable of being
transgressed ; not to be passed over or crossed.
Etymologies
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Examples
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"denial of the Palestinian right to self-determination, de facto acquisition of territory by force, and breach of 'intransgressible' [sic.] principles of international humanitarian law."
NGO Monitor Research 2009
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"denial of the Palestinian right to self-determination, de facto acquisition of territory by force, and breach of 'intransgressible' [sic.] principles of international humanitarian law."
NGO Monitor Research 2009
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Finally, there is a systemic benefit to a fixed and intransgressible bias in favor of innocence because it encourages those who wish to increase the number of punished guilty parties to reach that result by improving the reliability of the process, rather than taking the shortcut of shifting the standards.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Sixth Now the “Most Reversed” Circuit? 2010
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Finally, there is a systemic benefit to a fixed and intransgressible bias in favor of innocence because it encourages those who wish to increase the number of punished guilty parties to reach that result by improving the reliability of the process, rather than taking the shortcut of shifting the standards.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Sixth Now the “Most Reversed” Circuit? 2010
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Now if any one, paraphrasing the fore-cited passages, would have them expressed in more familiar terms, the description in Phaedrus may be thus explained: That Fate is a divine sentence, intransgressible since its cause cannot be divested or hindered.
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I also view him as the end and intransgressible term of all things ....
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I also view him as the end and intransgressible term of all things ....
History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science John William Draper 1846
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Today, partly as a result of the shocked reactions to the crimes perpetrated during World War II, fundamental and intransgressible rules and principles of international law, including of human rights and humanitarian law, directed to the protection of the essential values and interests of the international community as a whole, now provide the foundations of contemporary international society.
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Today, partly as a result of the shocked reactions to the crimes perpetrated during World War II, fundamental and intransgressible rules and principles of international law, including of human rights and humanitarian law, directed to the protection of the essential values and interests of the international community as a whole, now provide the foundations of contemporary international society.
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