impossibility in law

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• impossibility — im·pos·si·bil·i·ty n pl ties 1: the quality or state of being impossible; also: the affirmative defense that something (as performance) is impossible 2: something impossible 3: impossibility of performance in this entry fac·tu·al impossibili …   Law dictionary

• impossibility of performance — see impossibility Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

• impossibility, legal — n. A condition arising when a law makes it impossible for a person to do a particular act; e.g., a minor cannot make a valid will, so any will made by a minor is invalid because it is a legal impossibility. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx… …   Law dictionary

• Law — /law/, n. 1. Andrew Bonar /bon euhr/, 1858 1923, English statesman, born in Canada: prime minister 1922 23. 2. John, 1671 1729, Scottish financier. 3. William, 1686 1761, English clergyman and devotional writer. * * * I Discipline and profession… …   Universalium

• Impossibility defense — An Impossibility defense is a criminal defense occasionally used when a defendant is accused of a criminal attempt that failed only because the crime was factually or legally impossible to commit.cite book first= last= authorlink= coauthors=… …   Wikipedia

• impossibility — That which, in the constitution and course of nature or the law, no person can do or perform. Impossibility is of the following several sorts: An act is physically impossible when it is contrary to the course of nature. Such an impossibility may… …   Black's law dictionary

• impossibility — That which, in the constitution and course of nature or the law, no person can do or perform. Impossibility is of the following several sorts: An act is physically impossible when it is contrary to the course of nature. Such an impossibility may… …   Black's law dictionary

• Impossibility — In contract law, impossibility is an excuse for the nonperformance of duties under a contract, based on a change in circumstances (or the discovery of preexisting circumstances), the nonoccurrence of which was an underlying assumption of the… …   Wikipedia

• Law of excluded middle — This article uses forms of logical notation. For a concise description of the symbols used in this notation, see Table of logic symbols. In logic, the law of the excluded middle states that the propositional calculus formula P ∨ ¬ P ( P or not P… …   Wikipedia

• Law of noncontradiction — This article uses forms of logical notation. For a concise description of the symbols used in this notation, see List of logic symbols. In classical logic, the law of non contradiction (LNC) (or the principle of non contradiction (PNC), or the… …   Wikipedia

• factual impossibility — see impossibility Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary