Impossibility
11impossibility — That which is impossible. See impossibility of performance; impossible; physical impossibility …
12impossibility — noun a) Something that is impossible. Meeting the deadline is an impossibility; there is no way we can be ready in time. b) The quality of being impossible …
13impossibility — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of possibility Nouns 1. impossibility, what can never be; hopelessness; impracticability, infeasibility, insuperability. Informal, no go. Slang, fat chance, Chinaman s chance, snowball s chance in… …
14impossibility — impossible ► ADJECTIVE 1) not able to occur, exist, or be done. 2) very difficult to deal with: an impossible situation. DERIVATIVES impossibility noun (pl. impossibilities) impossibly adverb …
15impossibility of performance — Impossibility of accomplishment. Something beyond mere difficulty in performance. Impossibility having reference to the nature of the thing to be accomplished, not to the inability of the person. Mineral Park Land Co. v Howard, 172 Cal 289, 156 P …
16impossibility of performance — see impossibility Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
17impossibility, 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… …
18Impossibility 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=… …
19impossibility of performance of contract — A doctrine under which a party to a contract is relieved of his or her duty to perform when performance has become impossible or totally impracticable (through no fault of the party). As a defense to nonperformance, such arises when performance… …
20impossibility of performance of contract — A doctrine under which a party to a contract is relieved of his or her duty to perform when performance has become impossible or totally impracticable (through no fault of the party). As a defense to nonperformance, such arises when performance… …
