Unavoidable accident

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)

Definitions from Case Law

From 10 U.S. 307 - Durousseau v. United States · 1810Most cited · 82 citing opinions

It must be such a loss as necessarily prevents the party from complying with the condition of the bond. It is not necessary that it should be an actual destruction of the property, but such a loss only as necessarily prevents the relanding of the goods.

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

An unavoidable accident is necessarily one occurring not because of negligence. 243 111. 460.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Synonymous with Act of God and with Inevitable accident. See 2 Ga. 349, 46 Am. Dec. 393.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

An inevitable accident, which could not have been foreseen and prevented by using ordinary diligence, and resulting without fault. U. S. v. Ry. Co., 1S9 Fed. 471.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Not necessarily an acoident which it was physically impossible, in the nature of things, for the person to have prevented, but one not occasioned in any degree, either remotely or directly, by the want of such care or skill as the law holds every man bound to exercise. Dygert v. Bradley, 8 Wend. (N. Y.) 473.