Urgent solicitation, with troublesome frequency and pertinacity. 2. Wills and devises are sometimes set aside in consequence of the importunity of those who have procured them. Whenever the importunity is such as to deprive the devisor of the freedom, of his will, the devise becomes fraudulent and void. … [Read more...]

An impost; tax; contribution. Paterson v. Society, 24 N. J. Law, 400; Singer Mfg. Co. v. Heppenheimer, 58 N. J. Law, 633, 34 Ati. 1061, 32 L. R. A. 643. … [Read more...]

Imposts, taxes, or contributions. … [Read more...]

The character of that which. cannot be done agreeably to the accustomed order of nature. 2. It is a maxim that no one is bound to perform an impossibility. That which, in the constitution and course of nature or the law, no man can do or perform. Impossibility is of the following several sorts: An act is physically impossible when it is contrary to the course of nature Such an … [Read more...]

An impossible contract is 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 Wait, Act A Def. 124. Impossible contracts, which will be deemed void in the eye of the law, or of which the performance will be excused, are such … [Read more...]