Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
factual impossibility.
Impossibility due to the fact that the illegal act cannot physically be accomplished, such as trying to pick an empty pocket. ( Factual impossibility is not a defense to the crime of attempt. - Also termed physical impossibility.
impossibility.
1. The fact or condition of not being able to occur, exist, or be done. 2. A fact or circumstance that cannot occur, exist, or be done. 3. Contracts. A fact or circumstance that excuses performance because (1) the subject or means of performance has deteriorated, has been destroyed, or is no longer available, (2) the method of delivery or payment has failed, (3) a law now prevents performance, or (4) death or illness prevents performance. 0 Increased or unexpected difficulty and expense do not usu. qualify as an impossibility and thus do not excuse performance. - Also termed impossibility of performance.
legal impossibility.
Impossibility due to the fact that what the defendant intended to do is not illegal, such as hunting while erroneously believing that it is not hunting season.