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Accident Notice

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accident insurance

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Arising out of accident

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Ad ea qu' frequentius accident jura adaptantur

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Chance

Chance, misfortune, accident, deficiency of will. Where a man commits an unlawful act by misfortune and chance, and not by design,

Mishap

Evil accident ill luck misfortune mischance

misadventure

misadventure : an accident that causes serious injury or death to a person and that does not involve negligence, wrongful purpose, or

Fortuity

Accident chance casualty

Insurance

insurer. The first actually pays a certain sum, and the latter undertakes to pay a larger, if an accident should happen. The one renders his property secure; the other receives money with the probability that it is

Res ipsa loquitur

a phrase used in actions for injury by negligence where no proof of negligence is required beyond the accident itself, which is such as necessarily to involve negligence, e.g., a collision between two trains upon a railway:

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