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Definition of Impairs
1. impair [v] - See also: impair
Lexicographical Neighbors of Impairs
Literary usage of Impairs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Taxation: Including the Law of Local Assessments by Thomas McIntyre Cooley (1886)
"... from the dividend paid over.1 What impairs a Contract. The obligation of a
contract is the law which binds the parties to perform their agreement.2 This ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... the purification of the gas, and the process may be repeated until the
accumulation of sulphur mechanically impairs the absorbent powers of the mixture, ..."
3. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1920)
"It Is ^ printed In the margin, i to •The bill attacks the ordinance upon two •
constitutional grounds : First, that It impairs the obligation of the ..."
4. Commentaries on the Law of Marriage and Divorce: With the Evidence, Practice by Joel Prentiss Bishop (1881)
"How far this Impediment impairs the Marriage. I. A General View of the Doctrine.
§ 322. Two Purposes of Marriage — (Copulation and Procreation). ..."
5. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1910)
"A statute is "retroactive," in its legal sense, which creates a new obligation
on transactions or considerations already past, or destroys or impairs vested ..."
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