Impotence in United States
Impotence Definition
In medical jurisprudence. The incapacity for copulation or propagating the species. It has also been used as synonymous with “sterility.” The principal use of the term is as a ground of divorce, and as so used it signifies “the irremediable physical incapacity of one of the parties to a marriage for any reasonable sexual connection with the other.” 1 Bish. Mar. & Div. § 766. To avoid impotence, there must be capacity for “copula vera,” copulation in its natIMPOTENS ural and ordinary meaning, and not merely of incipient and imperfect coition. 33 Md. 405.
Impotence in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias
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| Impotence | Impotence in the World Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Impotence | Impotence in the European Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Impotence | Impotence in the Asian Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Impotence | Impotence in the UK Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Impotence | Impotence in the Australian Legal Encyclopedia. |
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| Impotence | Impotence in the Environmental Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
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Legal Issue for Attorneys
In medical jurisprudence. The incapacity for copulation or propagating the species. It has also been used as synonymous with “sterility.” The principal use of the term is as a ground of divorce, and as so used it signifies “the irremediable physical incapacity of one of the parties to a marriage for any reasonable sexual connection with the other.” 1 Bish. Mar. & Div. § 766. To avoid impotence, there must be capacity for “copula vera,” copulation in its natIMPOTENS ural and ordinary meaning, and not merely of incipient and imperfect coition. 33 Md. 405.
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This definition of Impotence is based on The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary. This entry needs to be proofread.
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