Damnum Fatal E
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In 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 other casualty; also losses by pirates, or by vis major, by fire, robbery, and burglary; but theft was not numbered among these casualties. In general, bailees are not liable for such damages.
Story, Bailm. 471.