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Impossible Contract

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

One which the law will not hold binding upon the parties because of the natural or legal impossibility of the performance by one party of that which is the consideration for the promise of the other.^ 7 Walt, Act & D. 124. See iMPOSSIBILrrY.