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Impossibility in Europe<\/h1>\n

Definition of Impossibility<\/h2>\n

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Impossibility of performance of a contract or a condition ab initio renders the contract or condition void, e.g., a condition attached to a legacy which it is impossible to fulfil, is void. A contract for the sale of specific goods which have perished at the time without the seller’s knowledge ie void. (Sale of Goods Act, 1893, s. 6.) As also where they cease to exist. (See Taylor v. Calckvell.) A contract for personal services, e.g., to play the piano, is discharged if prevented by the death or illness of the party (Robinson v. Davidson (1871), 6 Ex. 269). Supervening illegality discharges a contract. (See Esposito v. Bowdcn; Ertcl Bieber v. Rio Tinto; Hugh Stevenson’s Case.)
Specific performance of a contract which it is impossible to perform, or the terms of which it is impossible for the Court to enforce, will not be decreed<\/p>\n<\/h4>\n

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Impossibility in the Dictionaries<\/a><\/td>\nImpossibility in our legal dictionaries<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Impossibility in other legal encyclopedias<\/h2>\n

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Impossibility<\/a><\/td>\nImpossibility in the International Legal Encyclopedia.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Impossibility<\/a><\/td>\nImpossibility in the American Legal Encyclopedia.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Impossibility<\/a><\/td>\nImpossibility in the Asian Legal Encyclopedia.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Impossibility<\/a><\/td>\nImpossibility in the UK Legal Encyclopedia.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Impossibility<\/a><\/td>\nImpossibility in the Australian Legal Encyclopedia.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Impossibility<\/a><\/td>\nImpossibility in the Family Law Portal of the European Encyclopedia of Law.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Impossibility<\/a><\/td>\nImpossibility in the IP Portal of the European Encyclopedia of Law.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Impossibility<\/a><\/td>\nImpossibility in the Commercial Law Portal of the European Encyclopedia of Law.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Impossibility<\/a><\/td>\nImpossibility in the Criminal Law Portal of the European Encyclopedia of Law.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Impossibility<\/a><\/td>\nImpossibility in the Family Law Portal of the European Encyclopedia of Law.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Impossibility<\/a><\/td>\nImpossibility in the Civil Law Portal of the European Encyclopedia of Law.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Impossibility<\/a><\/td>\nImpossibility in the Constitutional Law Portal of the European Encyclopedia of Law.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Impossibility<\/a><\/td>\nImpossibility in the Taxation Law Portal of the European Encyclopedia of Law.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Impossibility<\/a><\/td>\nImpossibility in the Banking and Finance Law Portal of the European Encyclopedia of Law.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Impossibility<\/a><\/td>\nImpossibility in the Employment and Labour Portal of the European Encyclopedia of Law.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Impossibility<\/a><\/td>\nImpossibility in the Injury and Tort Law Portal of the European Encyclopedia of Law.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Impossibility<\/a><\/td>\nImpossibility in the Environmental Law Portal of the European Encyclopedia of Law.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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