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Impossible
Impossible, The word 'impossible' has not been used here in the sense of physical or literal impossibility. The performance of an act may not be literally impossible but it may be impracticable and useless from
Equity
the correction of mere law, where mere law fails on account of its univer-sality and points to the impossibility of providing for every possible predicament in express words. (3) But it is in neither of these senses
Impotent, Impotency
party is impotent if his or her mental or physical condition makes cons-ummation of the marriage a practical impossibility. The condition must be one, according to the statute, which existed at the time of the marriage and
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Argumentum ab impossibill plurimum valet in lege
Argumentum ab impossibill plurimum valet in lege. Co. Litt. 92.-(An argument deduced from an impossibility greatly avails in Law.
Nemo tenetur ad impossibilia
Nemo tenetur ad impossibilia [Lat.], no one is bound to an impossibility.
Perished goods
risk passes to the buyer, the agreement is thereby avoided.'-Sale of Goods Act, 1893, ss. 6, 7. See IMPOSSIBILITY.
Alibi
to have committed the offence, he could not have been present. The plea of alibi postulates the physical impossibility of the presence of the accused to the scene of offence by reason of his presence at another
Lex non cogit ad impossibilia
Lex non cogit ad impossibilia. Hob. 96.--(The law does not compel to impossibilities.) see IMPOSSIBILITY. The law does not compel to imopossible ends. See State of Rajasthan v. Shamsher Singh, 1985 Supp SCC
Interlocutory order
one purpose and interlocutory for another, or final as to part and interlocutory as to part. It is impossible to lay down principles about what is final and what is interlocutory. It is better to look at
Inconsistent
whether mutual co-existence between s. 34 of the Bonus Act and s. 3(b) of the U.P. Act is impossible. If they relate to the same subject-matter, to the same situation, and both substantially overlap and are co-extensive
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