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Definition of Immoveable
1. Adjective. Not able or intended to be moved. "The immovable hills"
Similar to: Immobile
Derivative terms: Immovability, Immovableness
Definition of Immoveable
1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of immovable) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Immoveable
Literary usage of Immoveable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to the Study of Jurisprudence: Being a Translation of the by Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut, Nathaniel Lindley Lindley (1855)
"Moveable, immoveable. § 151. ... also things so connected with them that separation
cannot take place without destruction.i B. Things immoveable by law," ie ..."
2. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1839)
"Seizure of things, moveable or immoveable, may have place for any one of the
purposes following, viz 1. Punishment, viz. of the individual whose property is ..."
3. Commentaries on Colonial and Foreign Laws: Generally, and in Their Conflict by William Burge (1838)
"Animals when immoveable.—Annexation of moveables to lands and buildings, ...
Instances inwhich the quality of immoveable is acquired simply by destination. ..."
4. Commentaries on the Roman-Dutch Law by Simon van Leeuwen (1820)
"But immoveable property may not be sold without the knowledge of the court, or
the judge of the place (1); but such sale is only permitted when It is ..."
5. Commentaries Upon International Law by Robert Phillimore (1889)
"HAVING considered in what the nature of moveable and immoveable property consists,
and by what laws it is determined, we now approach the consideration of ..."
6. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1813)
"... any thing of a fortune here, when they have no immoveable goods to detain
them, retire to Lima, or fome other city of Peru, where they may improve their ..."