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Defined in 1 dictionary — Anderson (1889)
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
1. The utmost; the highest under the circumstances: as, extraordinary care or diligence. See Cake; Negligence. 3. Out of the common order; rot usual or regular: as, extraordinary jurisdiction, remedies. See Chancbby, 1; Minister, 3. Poverty or financial embarrassment is not an "extraordinary circumstance," within the meaning of a, statute excusing laches in proceeding with a cause.* As between ship-owner and insurer, the former is bound to provide against ordinary^ while the latter insures against extraordinary perils. By " extraordinary "is not meant what has never been previously heard of, or is within former experience, but what is beyond the ordinary, usual, or common.^