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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events;
- Example: "he discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God"
[syn: act of God, force majeure, vis major, inevitable accident, unavoidable casualty]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

inevitable accident n 1: a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God" [syn: act of God, force majeure, vis major, inevitable accident, unavoidable casualty]
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

INEVITABLE ACCIDENT. A term used in the civil law, nearly synonymous with fortuitous. event. (q.v.) 2 Sm. & Marsh. 572. In the common law commonly called the ad of God. (q.v.) 2 Smed. & Marsh. Err. & App. 572.