nonassignable

Not legally movable

Nonassignable describes something that cannot be transferred to another party.

The term appears most often in legal and contractual contexts: a nonassignable lease cannot be handed off to a new tenant, a nonassignable license stays with the original holder.

The ticket was nonassignable and nontransferable.

rights

inalienable

Incapable of being surrendered

unalienableCannot be taken away
birthrightEntitlement from origin
inherentExisting as essential part

fundamental · natural · human · civil · personal · inviolable · nontransferable · entitlement · dignity · autonomy

legal

nontransferable

Cannot change hands

inalienableIncapable of being surrendered
unalienableCannot be taken away
irrevocableCannot be undone

binding · statutory · contractual · perpetual · void · unenforceable · restricted · prohibited · indefeasible · encumbered

property

nontransferable

Cannot change hands

intransferableCannot change ownership
restrictedLimited in scope
encumberedMade difficult to move

personal · exclusive · vested · inseparable · indivisible · lease · license · permit · membership · ticket

Opposites

transferability

nonassignableassignable

Able to be allocated

transferable · negotiable · tradeable · alienable · conveyable

allocation flexibility

nonassignableassignable

Able to be allocated

allocable · distributable · delegable · reassignable · deployable

Family

assign, assignable, assigned, assignee, assignees, assigner, assigners, assigning, assignment

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