KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

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IMPEACHMENT

IMMORALITY

IMPARGAMENTUM.

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IMPARL. To have license to settle a litigation amicably; to obtain delay for ad justment. In early practice, im parlance meant time given to either of the parties to an action to answer the pleading of the other. It thus amounted to a con tinuance of the action to a further day. Literally the term signified leave given to the parties to talk together; i. e., with a view to settling their differences amicably. But in modern practice it denotes a time given to the defendant to plead. A general imparlance is the entry of a general prayer and allowance of time to plead till the next term, without reserving to the defendant the benefit of any exception; so that after such an imparlance the defendant cannot object to the jurisdiction of the court, or plead any mat ter in abatement. This kind of imparlance is always from one term to another. Colby v. Knapp, 13 N. H. 175; Mack v. Lewis, 67 Vt 383, 31 Atl. 888. A general special imparlance contains a saving of all exceptions whatsoever, so that the de fendant after this may plead not only in abate ment, but he may also plead a plea which af fects the jurisdiction of the court, as privilege. He cannot, however, plead a tender, and that he was always ready to pay, because by craving time he admits that he is not ready, and so falsifies his plea. A special imparlance reserves to the defend ant all exceptions to the writ, bill, or count; and therefore after it the defendant may plead in abatement, though not to the jurisdiction of the court. 1 Tidd, Pr. 462, 463. In ecclesias tical law. One who is inducted and in pos session of a benefice. Parson imparsonee, (persona impersonata.) Cowell; Dyer, 40. In ecclesiastical law. The act of putting into full possession of a benefice. IMPARLANCE. IMPARSONEE. L. Fr. IMPATRONIZATION. IMPEACH. To accuse; to charge a lia bility upon; to sue. To dispute, disparage, deny, or contradict; as, to impeach a judgment or decree; or as used in the rule that a jury cannot "impeach their verdict" See Wolfgram v. Schoepke, 123 Wis. 19, 100 N. W. 1056. To proceed against a public officer for crime or misfeasance, before a proper court, by the presentation of a written accusation called "articles of impeachment." In the law of evidence. To call in ques tion the veracity of a witness, by means of evidence adduced for that purpose. quasi political court, instituted by a written accu sation called "articles of impeachment;" for example, a written accusation by the house of representatives of the United States to IMPEACHMENT. A criminal proceed ing against a public officer, before a

IMMOVABLES. In the civil law. Prop erty which, from its nature, destination, or the object to which it is applied, cannot move itself, or be removed. Immovable things are, in general, such as cannot either move themselves or be removed from one place to another. But this defini tion, strictly speaking, is applicable only to such things as are immovable by their own nature, and not to such as. are so only by the disposition of the law. Civ. Code La. art. 462; Mt Carmel Fruit Co. v. Webster, 140 Cal. 183, 73 Pac. 826; Sullivan v. Richard son, 33 Fla. 1, 14 South. 692. IMMUNITY. An exemption from serv ing in an office, or performing duties which the law generally requires other citizens to perform. Long v. Converse, 91 U. S. 113, 23 L. Ed. 233; Ex parte Levy, 43 Ark. 54, 51 Am. Rep. 550; Lonas v. State, 3 Heisk. (Tenn.) 306; Douglass v. Stephens, 1 Del. Ch. 476. To weaken, diminish, or relax, or otherwise affect in an injurious manner. Davey v. iEtna L. Ins. Co. (C. C.) 20 Fed. 482; State v. Carew, 13 Rich. Law (S. C.) 541, 91 Am. Dec. 245; Swinburne v. Mills, 17 Wash. 611, 50 Pac. 489, 61 Am. St. Rep. 932. IMPAIR. IMPAIRING THE OBLIGATION OF CONTRACTS. For the meaning of this phrase in the constitution of the United States, see 2 Story, Const. §§ 1374-1399; 1 Kent, Comm. 413-422; Pom. Const. Law; Black, Const. Law (3d Ed) p. 720 et seq. To impanel a jury signifies the entering by the sheriff upon a piece of parchment, termed a "panel," the names of the jurors who have been summoned to appear in court on a certain day to form a jury of the country to hear such matters as may be brought before them. Brown. In American practice. Besides the meaning above given, "impanel" signifies the act of the clerk of the court dn making up a list of the jurors who have been selected for the trial of a particular cause. Impaneling has nothing to do with drawing, selecting, or swearing jurors, but means simply making the list of those who have been select ed. Porter v. People, 7 How. Prac. (N. Y.) IMPANEL. In English practice. impound. Reg. Orig. 926. To shut up, or confine in prison. sunt in carcerem et imparcati, they were carried to prison and shut up. Bract fol. 124. BL.LAW DTCT.(2D ED.)—38 Inducti IMPARCARE. In old English law. To