Casual

* That which happens by accident or is brought about by an unknown cause. Compare Regular. Casual ejector. A nominal defendant in the action of ejectment at common law. By a fiction he was supposed to have entered and ejected the lawful possessor.' Casual pauper or poor. A person who is assisted under the poor laws in a district other than that of his lawful settlement. Whence " casuals." See further Poor. Casualty. An inevitable accident, g. v. "Unavoidable casualty," in common use in leases, comprehends only damage or destruction arising from supervening and uncontrollable force or accident. By strict definition, an event or accident which human prudence, foresight, and sagacity cannot prevent."

See Act, 1, Of God; Insurance.