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In [[contract law]], '''impossibility''' is an excuse for the nonperformance of duties under a [[contract]], based on a change in circumstances (or the discovery of preexisting circumstances), the nonoccurrence of which was an underlying assumption of the contract, that makes performance of the contract literally impossible. | In [[contract law]], '''impossibility''' is an excuse for the nonperformance of duties under a [[contract]], based on a change in circumstances (or the discovery of preexisting circumstances), the nonoccurrence of which was an underlying assumption of the contract, that makes performance of the contract literally impossible. | ||
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