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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1666-1698
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Unquarrel(l)able, adj. [17th c. Eng. unquarrelable (1646); Querellable adj.] Indisputable, unchallengeable. —1666 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. II 199.
The said citation to stand valid and be unquarrelable upon that ground of not laufull citation 1698 H. Dalrymple Decis. (1792) 1.
It necessarily followed that the sentence should be final and unquarrellable