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impermissible

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


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Ministers say the move, announced alongside a government-commissioned review earlier this year, will reduce the risk that impermissible donations from foreign nationals will "slip through the net".

From BBC Jun. 4, 2026

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

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

That is just flat-out impermissible under the law as it stood on Thursday.

From Slate Dec. 5, 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




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