IMPOTENCE

In medical jurispru- 1 dence. The incapacity for copulation or propagating the species. Properly used of the male; but it has also been used· synonymously with "sterility." Griffeth v. Griffeth, 162 Ill. 368, 44 N. E. 820; Payne v. Payne, 46 Minn. 467, 49 N. w. 230, 24 Am. St. Rep. 240; Kempf v. Kempf, 34 Mo. 213. Impotent i a excusat legem. Co. Litt. 29. The impo ib111ty of doing what is required by the law. excuses from the performance. IMPOTENT I AM, [s. 602]