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  • IMPERITIA
    Lat. Unsklllf ulness; want of skill. Imperitia culpa adnumeratur. Want of skill is reckoned as culpa; that is, as blam-able conduct or neglect Dig. 50, 17, 132. Imperitia est maxima mechanloorum poena. Unskillfulness is the greatest punishment of mechanics; [that is, from its effect in making them liable to those More...
  • 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 ot the executive. 1 Toulller, no. 58.
  • IMPERSONALITAS
    Lat. Impersonality. A mode of expression where no reference is made to any person, such as the expression "ut dicitur," (as is said.) Co. Litt 352b. Impersonalitas non ooncludit nec ligat. Co. Litt 352b. Impersonality neither concludes nor binds.
  • IMPERTINENCE
    Irrelevancy; the fault of not properly pertaining to the issue or proceeding. The Introduction of any matters into a bill, answer, or other pleading or proceeding in a suit, which are not properly before the court for decision, at any particular stage of the suit Story, Eq. PLI 266; Harrison More...
  • IMPERTINENT
    In equity pleading. That which does not belong to a pleading, interrogatoryi or other proceeding; out of place; superfluous; irrelevant. At law. A term applied to matter not necessary to constitute the cause of action or ground of defense Cowp. 683 ; 5 East 275; Tucker v. Randall, 2 Mass. More...
  • IMPESCARE
    In old records. To impeach or accuse. Itnpescatus, impeached. Blount
  • IMPETITIO VASTI
    Impeachment of waste, (q. v.)
  • IMPETRARE
    In old English practice, To obtain by request, as a writ or privilege. Bract fols. 57, 172b. This application of the word seems to be derived from the civil law. Calvin.
  • IMPETRATION
    In old English law. The obtaining anything by petition or entreaty. Particularly, the obtaining of a benefice from Rome by solicitation, which benefice belonged to the disposal of the king or other lay patron. Webster; Cowell.
  • IMPIER
    Umpire, (q. v.)
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