impracticability

im·prac·ti·ca·ble

I0064400 (ĭm-prăk′tĭ-kə-bəl)adj.1. Impossible to do or carry out: Refloating the sunken ship intact proved impracticable because of its fragility.2. Unfit for passage: roads impracticable in winter.3. Archaic Unmanageable; intractable.

im·prac′ti·ca·bil′i·ty, im·prac′ti·ca·ble·ness n.im·prac′ti·ca·bly adv.Usage Note: The adjective impracticable applies to a course of action that is impossible to carry out or put into practice; impractical, though it can be used in this way, also can be weaker in sense, suggesting that the course of action would yield an insufficient return or would have little practical value. A plan for a new stadium may be rejected as impracticable if the site is too marshy to permit safe construction, but if the objection is that the site is too remote for patrons to attend games easily, the plan is better described as impractical. See Usage Note at practicable.

Thesaurus

Noun

impracticability - the quality of not being usableimpracticablenessinutility, unusefulness, uselessness - the quality of having no practical useinfeasibility, unfeasibility - the quality of not being doablepracticability, practicableness - the quality of being usable

Translations

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impracticable

(imˈprӕktikəbl) adjective not able to be put into practice, used, done etc. a completely impracticable idea. 不能实行的，不可行的 imˌpracticaˈbility noun行不通

Impracticability

Substantial difficulty or inconvenience in following a particular course of action, but not such insurmountability or hopelessness as to make performance impossible.

Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure establishes impracticability as one of the grounds for permitting a Class Action in federal courts. "[T]he class is so numerous that Joinder of all members is impracticable." In such a situation, the court will permit a few individuals who have made a motion to it to represent in one lawsuit a large number of persons who will be similarly affected by the legal out-come of the particular action. The group to be represented must be so large that there would be significant problems or impracticability in bringing each member before the court to appear as a party to the action. For purposes of certification as a class, the prospective representatives must show that joinder can be accomplished only with substantial difficulty, expense, and hardship, but not that such joinder cannot be done at all. State procedural rules also require that joinder of all prospective class members be impracticable before permitting the commencement of a class action in state courts.

In the law governing sales, the Uniform Commercial Code allows either party to a contract to be excused from the legal obligations created by it where performance becomes impracticable because an unexpected event has occurred, such as a severe shortage of supplies due to unexpected and continual flooding.

Cross-references

Impossibility.

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