Inevitable Accident - Law Dictionary Search Results
Inevitable accident
Matched in: Term Inevitable accident
inevitable accident
Matched in: Term inevitable accident
Hire
thing when it is finished. If, before the work is finished, the thing perishes by internal defect, by inevitable accident, or by irresistible force, without any default of the workman, then (1) if the work is independent of
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act of God
extraordinary natural event (as a flood or earthquake) that cannot be reasonably foreseen or prevented compare force majeure, inevitable accident, unavoidable accident NOTE: It is a defense against liability for injury if the injury is directly and exclusively
Act of God
by his own contract creates a duty he is bound to make it good, notwithstanding any accident by inevitable necessity, Nichols v. Marsland, (1876) 2 Ex D 4. See also Common Carrier, tit. CARRIER. Accidental fire is
force majeure
extreme weather) or effect that cannot be reasonably anticipated or controlled : fortuitous event compare act of god, inevitable accident
fortuitous event
persons concerned (as parties to a contract) : force majeure called also cas fortuit see also frustration compare inevitable accident
Dieu et son acte
visitation of God), words often used in ourlaw. It is a maxim that the act of God, or inevitable accident, shall prejudice no man, actus Dei nemini facit injuriam. See ACT OF GOD.
Necessity
Necessity, that which cannot be otherwise; and see ACT OF GOD; INEVITABLE ACCIDENT.
Perils of the sea
like periculum, Lat., from which it is derived, is in itself ambiguous, and sometimes denotes the risk of inevitable mischance, and sometimes the danger arising from the want of due circumspection, Jones on Bailments, 98 … Perils of the sea, means perils, dangers and accidents of the sea or other navigable waters is an expression meaning perils, or accidents peculiar to sea or
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