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IMPECHIARE

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

IMPAIRMENT OF MEMORY

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

IMPEDIENS

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

IMPANEL

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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...]

IMPEDIMENTO

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In Spanish law. A prohibition to contract marriage, established by law between certain persons. … [Read more...]

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