Misfortune
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
An adverse event not immediately dependent on the action or will of him who suffers from it, and of such a character that no prudent man would take it into his calculation in reference to the interest of himself or of others. Homicide by misfortune.
See Excusable Homicide.