impossibility of performance doctrine

impossibility-of-performance doctrine. The principle that a party may be released from a contract on the ground that uncontrollable circumstances have rendered performance impossible. Cf. FRUSTRATION(2); IMPRACTICABILITY. [Cases: Contracts 309(1). C.J.S. Contracts §§ 520–522, 524.]

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译者Natalie，在一家西班牙律师事务所的北京办公室担任全职法律翻译，擅长翻译涉及医疗健康领域的法律文件。