Damnum Fatal E
Defined in 1 dictionary — Cyclopedic (1922)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
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.