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INEVITABLE

Categories: Contracts

Definition (1910 Edition)

. INBVITABLE. Incapable of being avoided: fortuitous; transcending the power of human care, foresight, or exertion to avoid or prevent, and therefore suspending legal relations so far as to excuse from the performance of contract obligations, or from _ liability for consequent loss. -Inevitable accident. An inevitabie accident is one produced by an irresistible physical cause; an accident which cannot be prevented by human skill or foresight, but results from natural causes, such as lightning or storms, perils of the sea, inundations or earthuakes, or sudden death or illness. By irresistible force is meant an interposition of human agency, from its nature and power absolutely
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain. UK commentary and modern updates are original additions. This entry is for educational reference only and does not constitute legal advice.