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Definition of Immovable
1. Adjective. Not able or intended to be moved. "The immovable hills"
Similar to: Immobile
Derivative terms: Immovability, Immovableness
2. Noun. Property consisting of houses and land.
Generic synonyms: Belongings, Holding, Property
Specialized synonyms: Acres, Demesne, Estate, Land, Landed Estate, Land, Dead Hand, Mortmain
Definition of Immovable
1. a. Incapable of being moved; firmly fixed; fast; -- used of material things; as, an immovable foundation.
2. n. That which can not be moved.
Definition of Immovable
1. Adjective. Incapable of being physically moved; fixed. ¹
2. Adjective. Steadfast in purpose or intention; unalterable, unyielding. ¹
3. Adjective. Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling; impassive. ¹
4. Noun. That which can not be moved; something which is immovable. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Immovable
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Immovable
1.
1. That which can not be moved.
2. Lands and things adherent thereto by nature, as trees; by the hand of man, as buildings and their accessories; by their destination, as seeds, plants, manure, etc.; or by the objects to which they are applied, as servitudes.
1. Incapable of being moved; firmly fixed; fast; used of material things; as, an immovable foundatin. "Immovable, infixed, and frozen round." (Milton)
2. Steadfast; fixed; unalterable; unchangeable; used of the mind or will; as, an immovable purpose, or a man who remain immovable.
3. Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling or by sympathy; unimpressible; impassive.
4. Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed; as, an immovable estate.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Immovable
Literary usage of Immovable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Foreign and Domestic Law: A Concise Treatise on Private International by John Alderson Foote (1904)
"(U.) NATURE AND INCIDENTS OF EEAL OR immovable PROPERTY. CAP. ... Transfer of
immovable Property inter vivos. It is firmly established, ..."
2. Handbook of International Law by George Grafton Wilson (1910)
"Public Property During War—immovable Public Property. 113. ... (Ii) immovable
public property, which is not destined for nse in war, bnt which may be ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1874)
"He gives a table of 45 cas^s treated by the usual method and of 45 treated by
the immovable apparatus. The pain ceased almost always a short time after the ..."
4. A Treatise on Wills by Thomas Jarman, Leopold George Gordon Robbins, Melville Madison Bigelow (1893)
"I. Distinction between immovable and Movable Property II. ... A will so far as
it disposes of immovable property, is generally governed by the lex loci rei ..."
5. A Digest of the Law of England with Reference to the Conflict of Laws by Albert Venn Dicey (1896)
"The will most be invalid as to the Scotch immovable pro]xM-ty. Whether it is
invalid or not is to be determined by Scotch law (lex situs). ..."
6. Conflict of Laws, Or, Private International Law by Raleigh Colston Minor (1901)
"Fifth Exception — Transactions relating to immovable Property. — It is generally
admitted that transactions relating to lands or immovable property of any ..."
7. Modern American Law: A Systematic and Comprehensive Commentary on the by Eugene Allen Gilmore, William Charles Wermuth (1914)
""Lands, houses, and immovable property—things capable of being held in the way
above described—were called tenements, or things held. ..."
8. The woman in white by Wilkie Collins (1871)
"She was immovable. Her dim eyes lit with a sudden fire, and flashed through the
veil that hung over them ; her wasted fingers strengthened, moment by moment ..."
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