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Hazardous

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Risky; perilous; involving hazard or special danger. See next title.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Exposed to or involving danger; perilous; risky. The terms "hazardous," "extra-hazardous," "specially hazardous," and "not hazardous" are well-understood technical terms in the business of insurance, having distinct and separate meanings. Although what goods are included in each designation may not be so known as to dispense with actual proof, the terms themselves are distinct and known to be so Russell v. Insurance Co., 50 Minn. 409, 52 N. W. 906; Pindar v. Insurance Co., 38 N. Y. 365.

Hazardous contract. See Contract.

Hazardons insurance. Insurance effected on property which is in unusual or peculiar danger of destruction by fire, or on the life of a man whose occupation exposes him to special or unusual perils.

Hazardons negligence. See Negligence.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Exposed to or involving danger; perilous; risky. The terms "hazardous," "extra-hazardous," "specially hazardous," and "not hazardous" are well-understood technical terms in the business of insurance, having distinct and separate meanings. Although what goods are included in each designation may not be so known as to dispense with actual proof, the terms themselves are distinct and known to be so. 38 N. Y. 364; 47 N. Y. 597.