Epidemic
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Anderson (1889)
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
This term, in its ordinary and popular mcaning, applies to any disease which is widely spread or generally prevailing at a given place and time. Pohalski v. Mutual In Ins. Co., 36 N. Y. Super. Ct. 234.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
See Disease; Health. When, in a policy of insurance, it does not appear that the word "epidemics" was understood by the parties in any other than its popular sense, evidence is not admissible to change that meaning. The insurer may stipulate for exemption from liability for any disease that may by possibility prevail to an extent which could be called epidemic.