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Unavoidable Casualty

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

unavoidable casualty


: unavoidable accident
;also
: an unavoidable circumstance that prevents the timely performance of a procedural act (as the filing of an answer) by a party or the party's lawyer compare excusable neglect NOTE: As with excusable neglect, showing evidence of unavoidable casualty will relieve a party from a default judgment or a time limit.




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