Impair
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
impair
1 : to damage or make worse by or as if by diminishing [ed health]
2 : to diminish the value of (property or property rights)
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: to diminish the value of (legal contractual obligations) to the point that a party loses the benefit of the contract or the contract otherwise becomes invalid [a law ing a state's own obligations was entitled to less deference "Gerald Gunther"] see also contract clause
im·pair·ment n
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