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Lex non intendit aliquid impossibile

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The law does not intend anything impossible.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The law does not intend anything impossible, 12 Coke, 89a. For othorwise the law should not be of any effect.