Dictionary - Definition of IMPEACHMENT OF WASTE


Part of Speech	Definition
Expression	1. (Law), restraint from, or accountability for, injury; also, a suit for damages for injury. --Abbott.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

Common Expressions: IMPEACHMENT OF WASTE

Expressions	Definition
Impeachment of waste	(Law), restraint from, or accountability for, injury; also, a suit for damages for injury. --Abbott. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary.
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Expressions	Domain	Definition
Impeachment of waste	Law	IMPEACHMENT OF WASTE. 1. It signifies a restraint from committing waste upon lands or tenements; or a demand of compensation for waste done by a tenant who has but a particular estate in the land granted, and, therefore, no right to commit waste. 2. All tenants for life, or any less estate, are liable to be impeached for waste, unless they hold without impeachment of waste; in the latter case, they may commit waste without being questioned, or any demand for compensation for the waste done. 11 Co. 82. (references)
Without impeachment of waste	Law	WITHOUT IMPEACHMENT OF WASTE. When a tenant for life holds the land without impeachment of waste, he is of course dispunishable for waste whether willful or otherwise. But still this right must not be wantonly abused so as to destroy the estate, and he will be enjoined from committing malicious waste. Dane's Ab. c. 78, a. 14, §7; Bac. Ab. Waste, N; 2 Eq. Cas. Ab. tit. Waste, A. pl, 8; 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 2402. See Impeachment of Waste and Waste. (references)
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