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comptroller ; or in def.u:! lllmof, 1h"1I forrei!

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Any merchant who !hall import

S~ods,

!hall hare

Iibeny to break bulk in any I.wful pon or qu.y, lhe

Inaller or purfer firn making oalh of lhe true contents

of Ihe !hip's l.iding. NoEngliOl merchant Olall put on

!hore in Scotland or lrcland, any merchandize of the

growth or produce

any of his maje/ly's plalltations,

unlcrs the fame have becn firl! laoded in England,

W.ks,

or Berwick, and paid the duties with which

lhey ue chargcable, under lhe

pen~lty

forf~iling

the !hip and goods, three founhs to lhe king, and

one founh tOthe informer, or hethat !hall fuefor the

fame : but if a OlÍp be difabled, or driven into any

port of lreland, andunable to proceed onher voyage,

her goods may be put on

OlOr~,

under the hands of the

principal ollicers of the cu/loms there refiding, till the

goods can be put on board fome olher verre!, to b:

tranfported to fome part ofEoglandor Wales.

NJtivcs of Eogland or lrelandmay import iota Eog–

I?nd, ¿irc[tly from Ireland, any hemp, flax, thread,

yaro aod lineo, of the growth .nd r:unufa8ure of

Ireland, cuOom,free ; the chicf oRicer fo importing

bringing a cenificale from Ihe chicf oRice in Ireland,

expreffing lhe paniculars of thegoods, with thenames

and placcs of abode of lhe exponers thence, and of

[uch as hal'e LI'oro that the faid g60dl are , bona fide,

of the growlh and manu(aélure of tha! kingdom, and

who !hey are configned to in England; aod the chief

offim Olall make oalh, that the raid goods are the fame

that are on board, by virtue of that cenificate'.

IMPOST, inlaw, fisnifies ingenerala tributeor cullom,

but is more particubrly applied to figoify that ta"

which the Cl'OlVn receives for merchaodizts imported

into any pon or hagen.

IMPosTS, in architdlure, the capitals

pillars, or pi–

laOm, which fuppon arches.

I MPOSTHUME, in furgely,

&e.

See ABSCESS.

IMPOTENCE, or htPOTEN CY, iD general, denores

want of /lrength, power, or means to perform any.

thing.

Divines and philofophers diOingui!h twofons ofim–

potency; natural, and moral. The fi rOis aWant oC

fome phyfical principie, nece(fary roanaélion ; or where

a being is abfolutely dcreélive, 01not free and ar li–

berty to aa: the fecond ooly impons a great diRicul–

ty, as a /lroog habit to dIe contrary, a violent paffion,

or the like.

lmpotency is, more partieolarly, ufed fOI a natural

inabililY tO coition. Impotence with refpcél tOmen,

is the fame as Oerility io women; that is, an inability

of propagating the fpecies. 111m are many caufesof

impotence; as, a natural deCe8 in the organs of gene–

ration, \vhich feldomadmits of a cure: accidents, or

difeafes ; and in fuch c.res thc impotence may, or

may not be reOledied, according as thefe are curable

or otherwife.

IMPREGNATION, the gettiDg a Cemale wilh·child.

See PRECNANC·Y.

Tbe terOl impregnation is alfo ufed, in pharmacy¡

for commuDicating the virtues of onemedicioe

ano-

N A

ther, \':I::tl:er

mixturc, coélion, digenion,

(se.

1.M PJ~ES SION

is applied tO the fpecies of obje8s,

\;'ll1Ch are fuppofed to make fome mark or imprdlion

on the [enfes, the mind, and the mcmory.

The peri?atetics a(fert, that bodies emit fpecies re–

fembling them, which are cooveyed to tbe common

feoforium, ar.d they are rendered intelligible by the

atlive intellel1; and when thus fpiritualized, are cal–

led expreflions, or exprefs fpecies, as being expre(fcd

fromthe others.

lItP RES SlON alfo denotes the edition

boo~,

regard–

inS themechaD!cal par! only; whereas edition, befides

this, takes in the care of theeditor, who corrcéled or

augmented tbe copy, adding notes,

tic.

to reDder tbe

\York more ufefu!.

IMPROBATION, in Scou law, the Dame of that

a8ionbrought for fetting aoy deed or writing aGde upon

the head of forgery. See LAw, tit. 33 .

IMPROPRIATION, a parfonageor ecelefiaaicalliviog,

the proots of which are io the hands of a !ayman; iD

which fc"fe, it /landsdi/linguiOled froOl appropriarion,

whichis where the profiu of abenefiee are in the hands

of a bi!hop, college,

&c.

though thefe terms are DOW

often ufed promifcuouny.

IMPULSE, 'in machaDies. See JI1scHAKrcs .

IMPURITY, iDthe law of Mofes, is any legal de6le–

mento Of-thefe there were femal fons ; fome were

voluntary, as the touching a deadbody, or any animal

that died of itrelf, or any crmure that \Vas eOeemed

unelean; or the touching things holy, by one wno

was not clean, or was DOt a priel!; the touching one

who hada leprofy, one ",ho had a gonorrhcea, orwho

\Vas polluted

a dead carcafe,

&e.

Sometimes thefe

impurities "'ere involuntary, as wheo ¡ny one inadver–

tently touched bones, or a fepulchre, or aoy thing

polluted; or Cell iDtO fu eh difeafes

pollute, as the

leprofy',

&c.

IMPUTAnON, in general, the charging fomething to

the aceount of one, which belonged tO another: thUI,

the a{fenors of original fi n maiotain, Ihat Adam's fin

is imputed to all his ponerity.

In the fame Cenfe, the righteoufnefs and metÍts of

Chrin are impuled to true believers.

lNACCESSIBLF, fomerl\ing that canno! be come'at,

or approached, hy reafon of intervening obOacIel, as

a river, roek.

Ce.

is chiefly ufed in fpeal;in'g of

heightl anrl diOances. See GEOM ET RY.

INALIENABLE, thatwhich cannot be legally Rlienard

or made over to another: thus the dominions of rhe

king, the revenues of the chureh. the eOms of a mi,

nor,

&c.

areinalienable, olherwife tban \Vith areferve

of the right of redemption.

INANIMATE, a body that has either

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ir! foul, or

that is not of a nature capable of having any.

INAN ITION, among phyfieians, denotes the fiate

of the /lumach wheo empty, iD oppofitioo tO re·

pletion.

INARCHING, in gardening, is a melhod of graCring,

commonly called grafting by approach, and is u(ed

when the /lock intended to gra(t on, and the Iree Crom

which the graft is to be takCD, /land fo Dm, or

caD