Immovable

  • 21immovable — adjective 1 impossible to move: Lock your bike to something immovable like a railing or lamp post. 2 impossible to change or persuade: The president is immovable on this issue. immovably adverb …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 22immovable — (also immoveable) adjective not able to be moved or changed. ↘Law (of property) consisting of land, buildings, or other permanent items. noun (immovables) Law immovable property. Derivatives immovability noun immovably adverb …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 23Immovable property — is an immovable object, an item of property that cannot be moved. In the United States it is also commercially and legally known as real estate and in Britain as property. It is known by other terms in other countries of the world.Immovable… …

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  • 24Immovable apparatus — Immovable Im*mov a*ble, a. 1. Incapable of being moved; firmly fixed; fast; used of material things; as, an immovable foundation. [1913 Webster] Immovable, infixed, and frozen round. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Steadfast; fixed; unalterable;… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 25Immovable feasts — Immovable Im*mov a*ble, a. 1. Incapable of being moved; firmly fixed; fast; used of material things; as, an immovable foundation. [1913 Webster] Immovable, infixed, and frozen round. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Steadfast; fixed; unalterable;… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 26immovable property — ➔ property * * * immovable property UK US noun [U] ► LAW, PROPERTY property such as land or buildings, not a person s possessions: »The acquisition of immovable property by buyers who are resident outside the country is subject to strict… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 27immovable property — see property Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

    Law dictionary

  • 28immovable feast — Feast Feast (f[=e]st), n. [OE. feste festival, holiday, feast, OF. feste festival, F. f[^e]te, fr. L. festum, pl. festa, fr. festus joyful, festal; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Fair}, n., {Festal}, {F[^e]te}.] 1. A festival; a holiday; a solemn, or… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 29Immovable Feasts —    Those Feasts of the Church which always occur on the same date such as Christmas Day, Feast of the Epiphany, etc. As some of the Feasts, such as Ascension Day, Whitsun Day, etc., are movable depending on the time Easter is kept. Tables and… …

    American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  • 30immovable — I. adjective Date: 14th century 1. incapable of being moved; broadly not moving or not intended to be moved 2. a. steadfast, unyielding b. not capable of being moved emotionally • immovability noun • immovableness n …

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