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Impeach
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ImpeachIn Testimony, to catch the person in a lie or contradiction of fact.
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Testimony
Evidence. The statement made by a witness under oath or affirmation
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Fact
An action; a thing done. It is either simple or compound.
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Impeachment
1) Constitution law, punishments. Under the constitution and laws of the United States, an impeachment may be described to be a written accusation, by the house of representatives of the United States, to the senate of the United States, against an officer. 2) Evidence. An allegation, supported by proof, that a witness who has been examined is unworthy of credit.
Impeachment of a witness
An attack on the credibility (believability) of a witness, through evidence introduced for that purpose.
Impeachment of waste
It signifies a restraint from committing waste upon lands or tenements; or a demand of compensation for waste done by a tenant who has but a particular estate in the land granted, and, therefore, no right to commit waste.
Impediments
1) Contracts. Legal objections to the making of a contract. Impediments which relate to the person are those of minority, want of reason, coverture, and the like; they are sometimes called disabilities. 2) In the civil law, this term is used to signify bars to a marriage. These impediments are classed, as they are applied to particular persons, into absolute and relative; as they relate to the contract and its validity, they are dirimant and prohibitive.
Imperfect
That which is incomplete.
Imperium
The right to command, which includes the right to employ the force of the state to enforce the laws; this is one of the principal attributes of the power of the executive.
Impertinent matter
Equity pleading. That which is altogether irrelevant to the case, that does not appertain or belong to it; id est, qui ad rem non pertinet.
Impetration
The obtaining anything by prayer or petition. In the ancient English statutes, it signifies a pre-obtaining of church benefices in England from the church of Rome, which belonged to the gift of the king, or other lay patrons.
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Immunity
An exemption from serving in an office, or performing duties which the law generally requires other citizens to perform.
Immunity of state
Owned Ships Convention. The International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Concerning the Immunity of State-owned Ships, adopted at Brussels on April 10, 1926 and in force as of January 8, 1937, and its Additional Protocol of May 24, 1934, in force as of January 8, 1937.
Immutable
What cannot be removed, what is unchangeable. The laws of God being perfect, are immutable, but no human law can be so considered.
Impanel
To impanel. Practice. The writing the names of a jury on a schedule, by the sheriff or other officer lawfully authorized.
Imparlance
Pleading and practice. Imparlance, from the French, parler, to speak, or licentia loquendi, in its most general signification, means time given by the court to either party to answer the pleading of his opponent, as either, to plead, reply, rejoin and is said to be nothing else but the continuance of the cause till a further day.
Impeach
Impeachment
1) Constitution law, punishments. Under the constitution and laws of the United States, an impeachment may be described to be a written accusation, by the house of representatives of the United States, to the senate of the United States, against an officer. 2) Evidence. An allegation, supported by proof, that a witness who has been examined is unworthy of credit.
Impeachment of a witness
An attack on the credibility (believability) of a witness, through evidence introduced for that purpose.
Impeachment of waste
It signifies a restraint from committing waste upon lands or tenements; or a demand of compensation for waste done by a tenant who has but a particular estate in the land granted, and, therefore, no right to commit waste.
Impediments
1) Contracts. Legal objections to the making of a contract. Impediments which relate to the person are those of minority, want of reason, coverture, and the like; they are sometimes called disabilities. 2) In the civil law, this term is used to signify bars to a marriage. These impediments are classed, as they are applied to particular persons, into absolute and relative; as they relate to the contract and its validity, they are dirimant and prohibitive.
Imperfect
That which is incomplete.
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Testimony
Evidence. The statement made by a witness under oath or affirmation
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Fact
An action; a thing done. It is either simple or compound.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Impeachment
1) Constitution law, punishments. Under the constitution and laws of the United States, an impeachment may be described to be a written accusation, by the house of representatives of the United States, to the senate of the United States, against an officer. 2) Evidence. An allegation, supported by proof, that a witness who has been examined is unworthy of credit.
Impeachment of a witness
An attack on the credibility (believability) of a witness, through evidence introduced for that purpose.
Impeachment of waste
It signifies a restraint from committing waste upon lands or tenements; or a demand of compensation for waste done by a tenant who has but a particular estate in the land granted, and, therefore, no right to commit waste.
Impediments
1) Contracts. Legal objections to the making of a contract. Impediments which relate to the person are those of minority, want of reason, coverture, and the like; they are sometimes called disabilities. 2) In the civil law, this term is used to signify bars to a marriage. These impediments are classed, as they are applied to particular persons, into absolute and relative; as they relate to the contract and its validity, they are dirimant and prohibitive.
Imperfect
That which is incomplete.
Imperium
The right to command, which includes the right to employ the force of the state to enforce the laws; this is one of the principal attributes of the power of the executive.
Impertinent matter
Equity pleading. That which is altogether irrelevant to the case, that does not appertain or belong to it; id est, qui ad rem non pertinet.
Impetration
The obtaining anything by prayer or petition. In the ancient English statutes, it signifies a pre-obtaining of church benefices in England from the church of Rome, which belonged to the gift of the king, or other lay patrons.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Immunity
An exemption from serving in an office, or performing duties which the law generally requires other citizens to perform.
Immunity of state
Owned Ships Convention. The International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Concerning the Immunity of State-owned Ships, adopted at Brussels on April 10, 1926 and in force as of January 8, 1937, and its Additional Protocol of May 24, 1934, in force as of January 8, 1937.
Immutable
What cannot be removed, what is unchangeable. The laws of God being perfect, are immutable, but no human law can be so considered.
Impanel
To impanel. Practice. The writing the names of a jury on a schedule, by the sheriff or other officer lawfully authorized.
Imparlance
Pleading and practice. Imparlance, from the French, parler, to speak, or licentia loquendi, in its most general signification, means time given by the court to either party to answer the pleading of his opponent, as either, to plead, reply, rejoin and is said to be nothing else but the continuance of the cause till a further day.
Impeach
Impeachment
1) Constitution law, punishments. Under the constitution and laws of the United States, an impeachment may be described to be a written accusation, by the house of representatives of the United States, to the senate of the United States, against an officer. 2) Evidence. An allegation, supported by proof, that a witness who has been examined is unworthy of credit.
Impeachment of a witness
An attack on the credibility (believability) of a witness, through evidence introduced for that purpose.
Impeachment of waste
It signifies a restraint from committing waste upon lands or tenements; or a demand of compensation for waste done by a tenant who has but a particular estate in the land granted, and, therefore, no right to commit waste.
Impediments
1) Contracts. Legal objections to the making of a contract. Impediments which relate to the person are those of minority, want of reason, coverture, and the like; they are sometimes called disabilities. 2) In the civil law, this term is used to signify bars to a marriage. These impediments are classed, as they are applied to particular persons, into absolute and relative; as they relate to the contract and its validity, they are dirimant and prohibitive.
Imperfect
That which is incomplete.
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