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The Constitution of the United States, art. 1, s. 9, cl. 1, declares that no state shall pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts. 2. Contracts, when considered in relation to their effects, are executed, that is, by transfer of the possession of the thing contracted for; or they are executory, which gives only a right of … [Read more...] about IMPAIRING THE OBLIGATION OF CONTRACTS

To impeach, to accuse, or prosecute for felony or treason. … [Read more...] about IMPECHIARE

Where a person is unable to remember or recall from memory or has a limited ability to recall. … [Read more...] about IMPAIRMENT OF MEMORY

In old practice. One who hinders; an Impedient The defendant or deforciant in a fine was sometimes so called. Cowell; Blount … [Read more...] about IMPEDIENS

In English practice. To impanel a jury signifies the entering by the sheriff upon, a piece of parchment, termed a "panel," the names of the jurors who have been summoned to appear in court on a certain day to form a jury of the country to hear such matters as may be brought o before them. Brown. In American practice. Besides the meaning above given, "impanel" signifies the act … [Read more...] about IMPANEL