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  • 21Unavoidable hemorrhage — Unavoidable Un a*void a*ble, a. 1. Not avoidable; incapable of being shunned or prevented; inevitable; necessary; as, unavoidable troubles. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) Not voidable; incapable of being made null or void. Blackstone. [1913 Webster]… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 22unavoidable accident — un·avoid·able accident n: an accident that is not proximately caused by the negligence of any party or that is unforeseeable or not preventable by exercise of reasonable precautions and for which liability based on fault is not imposed compare… …

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  • 23unavoidable delay — A delay occurring by unavoidable cause, by unavoidable accident, or unavoidable casualty. Unavoidable delay in the performance of a contract, to amount to an excuse by custom or usage, must be confined to delays due to causes originating after… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 24unavoidable occurrence — An unavoidable accident or unavoidable casualty. For definition of term as it appears in it condition of a contract of sale providing for relief from the obligation under certain circumstances, see Anno: 51 ALR 1010 …

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  • 25unavoidable casualty — noun a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events he discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God • Syn: ↑act of God, ↑force majeure, ↑vis major, ↑inevitable accident • Hypernyms: ↑calamity …

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  • 26unavoidable casualty — An occurrence of an unusual, unexpected, or extraordinary character, usually occurring without any direct participation by man. French v Pirnie, 240 Mass 489, 134 NE 353, 20 ALR 1098. Something beyond human foresight and control. 32 Am J1st L & T …

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  • 27unavoidable accident — noun see unavoidable casualty …

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  • 28unavoidable — adjective impossible to avoid; bound to happen. Syn: inescapable, inevitable Ant: avoidable …

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  • 29unavoidable — Synonyms and related words: certain, definite, destined, determined, fated, fateful, fixed, indefeasible, ineluctable, ineludible, inescapable, inevasible, inevitable, inexorable, inflexible, irresistible, irrevocable, necessary, predestined,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 30unavoidable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. inevitable, certain, unpreventable, necessary. See certainty, necessity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. inescapable, impending, sure; see certain 3 , inevitable . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a.… …

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