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Impossible or impermissible

'expedient'. In The Law Lexicon (P. Ramanatha Aiyar, 2nd Edn., p. 889) one of the meanings assigned to impracticable is ''not possible' or 'not feasible'; at any rate it means something very much more than 'not reasonably

Impossible

physical or literal impossibility. The performance of an act may not be literally impossible but it may be impracticable and useless from the point of view of the object and purpose which the parties had in view;

Infeasible

Not capable of being done or accomplished impracticable

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lightship

brilliant light and moored off a shoal or place of dangerous navigation where a permanent lighthouse would be impracticable to serve as a guide for mariners as the Ambrose lightship off New York was rammed and damaged

Appointment of new trustees

of the (English) Trustees Act, 1925, enable the Court, whenever it is expedient in cases of difficulty and impracticable otherwise, to appoint a new trustee or trustees and, if necessary (s. 44), to make an order vesting

Prevent

for (a future event, a point in time). The other meanings are to stop, hinder and avoid; make impracticable or impossible, by anticipatory action; stop from happening, State of Maharashtra v. Umrani, (1997) 11 SCC 426.

Lex loci contractus

is founded not merely in the convenience, but in the necessities of nations; for otherwise it would be impracticable for them to carry on an extensive intercourse and commerce with each other. the whole system of agencies,

Perpetuity

made only in those cases where it exists. If proof of the extinction of the lives mentioned is impracticable before the property can vest, the trust may be avoided, Re Villar, (1929) 1 Ch 243. The rule

Power of Court to order meeting to be called

called, powers of Court to order meeting to be called. - (1) If for any reason it is impracticable to call a meeting of a company, other than an annual general meeting, in any manner in which

Presetment of Bill of Exchange, Cheque, or Pro-missory Note

or presentment for payment be dispensed with by the drawee being a fictitious person, or by waiver or impracticability of presentment, the drawer and indorsers are discharged. 'Where the bill is not payable on demand, presentment must

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