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indefeasible
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That which cannot be defeated, revoked, or made void. This term is usually applied to an estate or right that cannot be defeated.


indefeasible adj. cannot be altered or voided, usually in reference to an interest in real property.


indefeasible adjective binding, confirmed, established, immutable, imperishable, in perpetuum ratus, inalienable, incapable of being defeated, incapable of being revoked, incontestable, incontrovertible, indestructible, indissoluble, indubitable, ineradicable, inextinguishable, insusceptible of change, invariable, inviolable, irrefragable, irreversible, irrevocable, nonreversible, not forfeitable, not to be abrogated, not to be annulled, not to be made void, permanent, reverseless, settled, unalterable, unchallengeable, unchangeable, undefeatable, undeniable, unquestionable
Associated concepts: indefeasible estate, indefeasible interrst, indefeasible title, indefeasibly vested
See also: certain, clear, compulsory, conclusive, definite, determinative, incontestable, indelible, indestructible, irreversible, irrevocable, permanent, positive, unalienable, unavoidable

INDEFEASIBLE. That which cannot be defeated or undone. This epithet is usually applied to an estate or right which cannot be defeated.



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The land titles system is based on three principles which comprise the doctrine of indefeasibility of title: the mirror, curtain, and insurance principles.
For example, whereas Justice Adam had to traverse a rough and rocky road before concluding that section 43 justified the inference that section 42 only conferred indefeasibility on purchasers but not on volunteers, some commentators have suggested that section 43 expressly refers to purchasers.
This was because, as she argues, the deposition of Charles I's second son James II and the accession of William and Mary contradicted the principles Charles had stood for, namely divine-right monarchy, the subjects' duty of obedience, and the indefeasibility of hereditary rule.
 
 
 
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