| 单词 | Impossibility of performance |
| 释义 | 不可能履行 The situation in which circumstances have rendered contractual obligations incapable of being performed. Such a situation may occur at the time a contract is entered into or after a contract is entered into. A contract which is incapable of performance at the time when it is made will be void ab initio: (Hall v Cazenove (1804) 4 East 477, 102 ER 913); whereas subsequent impossibility brings a valid contract to an end, generally from the moment of impossibility (Hirji Mulji & Ors v Cheong Yue SS Co Ltd [1926] AC 497 (PC); Heyman & Anor v Darwins Ltd [1942] AC 356, 1 All ER 337 (HL)). If the impossibility of performance was known to the promiser at the time when the contract was made but was not known to the promisee, the former will be taken to have made an absolute promise: Matthey v Curling [1922] 2 AC 180 (HL). Impossibility of performance created by the act or default of a party of itself constitutes a ground for rescission: Universal Cargo Carriers Corp v Citati [1957] 2 All ER 401, 2 QB 401. See also Frustration. 因若干情況況令致不可能履行合約上的責任之狀況。可在訂立合約時或在訂立合約後出現此等狀況。在訂立合約時已不可能履的合約會從一開始無效：(Hall v Cazenove(1804) 4 East 477, 102 ER 913)；而其後出現的不可能履行狀況會使有效合約終止，一般在不可能履行的時候終止(Hirji Mulji & Ors v Cheong Yue SS Co Ltd [1926] AC 497（樞密院）； Heyman & Anor v Darwins Ltd [1942] AC 356, 1 All ER 337（上議院）)。如承諾者在合約訂立時已知悉不可能履行，而受諾者則不然，前者會被視作作出了絕對承諾：Matthey v Curling [1922] 2 AC 180（上議院）。某方之作為或失責引起的不可能履行狀況本身構成撤銷合約的理由。另見 Frustration。 |
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