Act Of God
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in law, an accident caused by the operation of extraordinary natural force.
Act Of God at Legal Glossary What is it? An extraordinary and unexpected natural event, such as a hurricane, tornado, earthquake or even the sudden death of a person. An act of God may be a defense against liability for injuries or damages.
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At common law, an overwhelming event caused exclusively by natural forces whose effects could not possibly be prevented (e.g., flood, earthquake, tornado).
Act of God definition:
An event which is caused solely by the effect of nature or natural causes and without any interference by humans whatsoever.
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Act of God
An act of God is often referred to in insurance policies as an exclusion to avoid insurance companies having to pay out compensation for severe natural events or disasters, for example earthquakes, floods, ...
Act Of God
n. act of God is a legal term for those events which are outside of control of humans and for which no one can be held responsible and which cannot be prevented.
ACT OF GOD - A natural event, not preventable by any human agency, such as flood, storms, or lightning. Forces of nature that no one has control over, and therefore cannot be held accountable.
ACT OF GOD
An extraordinary and unexpected natural event, such as: hurricane, tornado, earthquake or even the sudden death of a person. An act of God may be a defense against liability for injuries or damages.
Act of God. Such inevitable accident as cannot be prevented by human care, skill or foresight; but results from natural causes, such as lightning and tempest, floods and foundation.
Act of God:
An event which is caused solely by the effect of nature or natural causes and without any interference by humans whatsoever.
ACT OF GOD, in contracts. This phrase denotes those accidents which arise from physical causes, and which cannot be prevented.
An act of God; an inevitable, unpredictable act of nature, not dependent on an act of man. Used in insurance contracts to refer to acts of nature such as earthquakes or lightning.
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Act of God: An event resulting from natural causes, without human intervention (such as floods or earthquakes). Insurance policies often exclude acts of God.
Action: Proceedings in a civil court.
He clearly affirmed that the marriage bond is rooted in the creative act of God himself; that the union is indissoluble; and that persons become an integral part of each other when they marry.
Apportionment by operation of law may be brought about where by act of law a lease becomes inoperative as regards its subjectmatter, or by the "act of God" (as, for instance, where part of an estate is submerged by the encroachments of the sea).
DAMNUM FATALE
civil law. Damages caused by a fortuitous event, or inevitable accident, damages arising from the act of God. Among these were included losses by shipwreck, lightning, or... more
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Some of its key features is that a shipowner is liable for cargo damaged from "hook to hook", meaning from loading to discharge, unless it is exonerated under one of 13 exceptions to liability such as "Act of God", inherent nature of the goods, ...
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