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Nemo Tenetur Ad Impossibile

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

No one is bound to an impossibility. Jenk. Cent. Cas. 7. NEMO TENETUR ARMARE ADVERSArlum contra se. No one is bound to arm his adversary. Wingate, Max. 665.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

No one is bound to the impossible.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

No one is bound to an impossibility. Jenk. Cent 7; Broom, Max. 244.