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impermissible

[im-per-mis-uh-buhl] / ˌɪm pərˈmɪs ə bəl /


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Chamber of Commerce, said swift “refunds of the impermissible tariffs” would help more than 200,000 small-business importers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

Again, it’s pretty obvious to me that this was an impermissible attendance, under the canons.

From Slate • Dec. 11, 2025

Circuit Court of Appeals held in 2022 that “the prosecution of foreign nationals traveling on such a vessel for a violation of U.S. law is impermissible under the Felonies Clause of the Constitution.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025

But “its public support depends on confidence that the sensitive location data it generates will never be repurposed for impermissible civil immigration enforcement.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2025

He was given a mandatory death-in-prison sentence after his jury was illegally told that he had to prove his innocence beyond a reasonable doubt and the State introduced impermissible evidence.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson