009 1-4169/83/7404-1300 THE JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL LAW & CRIMINOLOGY Vol. 74, No. 4 Copyright @ 1983 by Northwestern University School of Law Pinled in USA. FIFTH AMENDMENT-DOUBLEJEOPARDY: LEGISLATIVE INTENTCONTROLS IN CRIMES ANDPUNISHMENTS Missouri v. Hunter, 103 S.Ct. 673 (1983).
1 Imminent and immanent are both inextricably connected to the concept of proximity. 2  The difference in spelling between eminent and imminent is the initial vowel and the single/double m that follows. 3  The difference in spelling between imminent and immanent is the middle vowel.
If something is impending, it is about to happen. If you hear thunder in the distance, you might go inside to escape the impending storm. The word impending often refers to something threatening or frightening: impending doom, impending disaster. A synonym is imminent.