IMPERFECT

As used in' various legal compound terms, this word means defective or incomplete; wanting in some legal or formal requisite; wanting in legal sanction or effectivene ; as in speaking of imperfect "obligations," "ownership," "rights," "title," • "usufruct," or "war.". See those nouns. Imperil majestas est tntelre salns. Co. Litt. 64. The majesty of' the empire is the safety of its protection. IMPERITIA, Lat. Unsklllfulne ; want of skill. Imperitia cnlpre adnnmeratnr, Want.of skill is reckoned as culpa; that is, as blamable conduct or neglect. Dig. 50, 17, 132. lmperitia est maxima mechanicornm pam a. Unskillfulne is the greatest pun• ishment of mechanics; [that is, from its effect in making them liable to those by whom they are employed.] 11 Coke1 54a. The word "pam a" in some translations is erroneously rendered "fault." [s. 600]