Impossibility

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Impossibility Definition

That which. In the constitution and course of nature or the law, no man 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 be either absolute, i. e., impossible in any case (e. g., for A. to reach the moon), or relative (sometimes called “impossibility in fact”), i. e., arising from the circumstances of the case (e. g., for A. to make a pajnnent to B., he being a deceased person). To the latter class belongs what is sometimes called “practical impossibility,” which exists when the act can be done, but only at an excessive or unreasonable cost. An act is legally or juridically impossible when a rule of law makes it impossible to do it; e. g., for A. to make a valid will before his majority. This class of acts must not be confounded with those which are possible, although forbidden by law, as to commit a theft. An act is logically impossible when it is contrary to the nature of the transaction, as where A. gives property to B. expressly for his ovm benefit, on condition that he transfers it to C. Rapalje & L.

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That which. In the constitution and course of nature or the law, no man 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 be either absolute, i. e., impossible in any case (e. g., for A. to reach the moon), or relative (sometimes called “impossibility in fact”), i. e., arising from the circumstances of the case (e. g., for A. to make a pajnnent to B., he being a deceased person). To the latter class belongs what is sometimes called “practical impossibility,” which exists when the act can be done, but only at an excessive or unreasonable cost. An act is legally or juridically impossible when a rule of law makes it impossible to do it; e. g., for A. to make a valid will before his majority. This class of acts must not be confounded with those which are possible, although forbidden by law, as to commit a theft. An act is logically impossible when it is contrary to the nature of the transaction, as where A. gives property to B. expressly for his ovm benefit, on condition that he transfers it to C. Rapalje & L.

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  • Legal Topics.
  • Unattainability.

    Further Reading (Articles)

    Impossibility Fiction: Alternativity, Extrapolation, Speculation.(Review), Utopian Studies; January 1, 1999; Ruppert, Peter

    Relationality, Impossibility, and the Experience of God in John Donne’s Erotic Poetry, Anglican Theological Review; January 1, 2012; Hollingsworth, Andrea

    The impossibility of making art ; Spencer Finch, aiming to unite a master’s eye with high jinks, The Boston Globe (Boston, MA); March 2, 2012; Sebastian Smee

    The Impossibility of Motherhood: Feminism, Individualism, and the problem of Mothering. (Book Reviews / Comptes Rendus)., Resources for Feminist Research; March 22, 2001; Driver, Susan

    The Impossibility of Religious Freedom.(Book review), Church History; March 1, 2007; Flake, Kathleen

    Impossibility: The Limits of Science and the Science of Limits., Science; May 29, 1998; Fuller, Steve;

    A Simple Graphical Proof of Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem, New Zealand Economic Papers; June 1, 2000; Fountain, John

    German Federal Court of Justice Clarifies Conditions for Invoking “Legal Impossibility” as Justification for Refusal to Grant Access to an Essential Facility, Mondaq Business Briefing; April 9, 2013

    Fair shot at impossibilities with four top state leaders, Bangor Daily News (Bangor, ME); April 30, 2005; Todd Benoit

    The Impossibility of Seeing and Knowing: An Enigmatic German Gets a MoMA Retrospective, Newsweek; March 25, 2002; Plagens, Peter

    PLO Affirms Impossibility to Resume Negotiations If Settlements Don’t Halt., Palestine News Agency (WAFA) (Gaza, Palestine); December 7, 2011

    The possibility/impossibility of a new critical language in education.(Brief article)(Book review), Reference & Research Book News; February 1, 2011

    Concert Preview: Probable Impossibilities, Telegraph – Herald (Dubuque); September 26, 2013; gloss, megan

    An Economy of Impossibility: A Preliminary Study for an Ordinal Approach to Research Methods in Cultural Studies, Critical Arts; November 1, 2008; Shepperson, Arnold Louw, Eric

    THE POETICS OF IMPOSSIBILITY: DIAMELA ELTIT’S EL PADRE MÍO, Chasqui; May 1, 2006; Lazzara, Michael J

    A NEW YOU: Your Impossibilities Can Become God’s Opportunities, New Haven Register (New Haven, CT); March 29, 2014

    Quote by Brande, Dorothea on Impossibility.(Quotation), Quotations Book; August 19, 2010;
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    Quote by Unknown, Source on Impossibility.(Quotation), Quotations Book; August 19, 2010

    Quote by Chesnutt, Charles W. on Impossibility.(Quotation), Quotations Book; August 19, 2010; Chesnutt, Charles W.

    Quote by Schuller, Robert H. on Impossibility.(Quotation), Quotations Book; August 19, 2010; Schuller, Robert H.


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