Possible

Liable to happen or come to pass, capable of existing or of being conceived or thought of; capable of being done; not contrary to the nature of things. Topeka City Ry. Co. v. Higgs, 38 Kan. 383, 16 Pac. 6G7, 5 Am. St. Rep. 754. It is sometimes equivalent to practicable or reasonable; Palmer v. Ins. Co., 44 Wis. 208. An undertaking to supply an article as soon as possible is construed to mean with all reasonable promptitude, regard being had to the manufacturer’s means of business, and his orders already in hdnd; 26 L. J. C. P. 73; 4 Q. B. D. 670. POST (Lat.). After. When two or more alienations or descents have taken place between an original intruder and the tenant or defendant in a writ of entry, the writ is said to be in the post, because it states that the tenant had not entry unless after the ouster of the original intruder. 3 Bla. Com. 182. Persons claiming under the propositus by feofment or inheritance were said to be “in the per” while those claiming in any other manner, e. g. the limitation of a use, as tenant in dower, etc., were said to be “in by the act of the party at common law unassisted by statute, while persons in the post take by operation of law without any act of the party or by his act aided by statute; 4 L. Quart. Rev. 362. See Entry, Writ 0 *. A military establishment where a body of troops is permanently fixed. Caldwell’s Case, 19 Wall. (U. S.) 268, 22 L. Ed. 114; a military post is synonymous with military station. U. S. v. Phisterer, 94 U. S. 219, 24 L. Ed. 116.

Capable of existing or happening ; feasible.

In another sense, the word denotes extreme Improbability, without excluding the idea of feasibility. It is also sometimes equivalent to "practicable" or "reasonable," as in some cases where action is required to be taken "as soon as possible." See Palmer v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 44 Wis. 208.

1. Liable, but not likely, to happen or come to pass. 3. Practicable; reasonable., " Forthwith give notice" of a loss by fire and "as soon as possible " render an account of the loss, cannot mean instantly and directly, for that might be impossible, but as soon as could be, under the circumstances, or within reasonable time, or as soon as practicable.' Possitoility. An event which may or may not happen; something that is uncertain.2 Spoken of as " near " or *' remote,'' and aS "ordinary" or "extraordinary," according to the degree of probability. 2 When the condition of an obligation is possible at the time of its making, but, before it can be performed, becomes impossible by act of God, the law, or the obligee, the obligation is saved. Otherwise, if impossible at the time of making. ^ If T^hat is agreed to be, done is possible and lawful, it must be done. Difficulty or improbability will not avail. It must be shown that the thing cannot be effected by any means. If a hardship, it might have been guarded agaiast. At common law, if a lessee covenants to repair and the house burns down, he is bound to rebuild; so, as to i*epairing a bridge which is swept away by flood; so, as to building a foundation, although there be a latent defect in the soil.* The prindple rests upon reason and justice. It regards the sanctity of contracts; requires a party to do what he has agreed to do. Contingent impediments should be guarded against. ° "In contracts in which the performance depends upon the continued existence of a given person or thing, a condition is implied that the impossibility of performance arising from the perishing of^the person or thing shall excuse the performance." ^ Bona, non impossibilia, cogit lex. Effective, not impossible acts, tbe law requires. Lex non cogit ad impossibi Ua. The law does not compel doing impossible things.' See Act, Of God; Res, Perit.