- impracticability
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im·prac·ti·ca·bil·i·ty /im-ˌprak-ti-kə-'bi-lə-tē/ n1: the state of being impracticable2: a doctrine in contract law: relief from obligations under a contract may be granted when performance has been rendered excessively difficult, expensive, or harmful by an unforeseen contingency; also: a defense to breach of contract on the ground that it has been rendered impracticable – called also commercial impracticability, impracticability of performance; compare frustration; impossibility of performance at impossibility◇ Under section 2-615 of the Uniform Commercial Code, the impracticability must arise “by the occurrence of contingency the non-occurrence of which was a basic assumption on which the contract was made” or by compliance with the law.3: excessive difficulty in carrying out a procedure (as joinder)
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
- impracticability
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Substantial difficulty or inconvenience in following a particular course of action, but not such insurmountability or hopelessness as to make performance impossible.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
- impracticability
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Substantial difficulty or inconvenience in following a particular course of action, but not such insurmountability or hopelessness as to make performance impossible.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
