The doctrine of impracticability in the common law of contracts excuses performance of a duty, where that duty has become unfeasibly difficult or expensive for the party who was to perform. Impracticability is similar in some respects to the doctrine of impossibility because it is triggered by the occurrence of a condition which prevents one party... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impracticability
Im·prac`ti·ca·bil'i·ty noun ; plural Impracticabilities 1. The state or quality of being impracticable; infeasibility. Goldsmith. 2. An impracticable thing. 3. Intractableness; stubbornness. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/I/23