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" An event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation ; an event that proceeds from an unknown cause, or is an unusual effect of a known cause, and therefore not expected ; chance, casualty, contingency. "
Popular and Complete English Dictionary: Exhibiting the Pronunciation ... - Page 32
by John Boag - 1848 - 1497 pages
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Hawkins' Mechanical Dictionary: A Cyclopedia of Words, Terms, Phrases and ...

Nehemiah Hawkins - Industrial arts - 1909 - 710 pages
...accompanies and aids another one. as a governor is an accessory of the steam engine. Accident. — An event that takes place without one's foresight...expectation ; an event which proceeds from an unknown cause, and therefore not expected ; chance ; casualty. Acidimeter.— An instrument for determining the purity...
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The Railroad Telegrapher, Volume 29, Part 2

1912 - 1136 pages
...— "Casualty" within the meaning of the proviso in section 3 of the hours of service act is an act which proceeds from an unknown cause or is an unusual effect of a known case. US v. Kansas City Southern Ry. Co. (P. 38.) CLASSIFICATION NOT ARBITRARY. — The classification...
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Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases, Volume 1

Law - 1914 - 1338 pages
...Lake Shore & MSR Co. v. Van Auken, l Ind. App. 492, 27 NE 119). Affray or altercation An "accident" is an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; an event that proceeds from an unknown cause, or is an unusual effect of a known ! cause, therefore not expected...
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A Treatise on the Federal Employers' Liability and Safety Appliance Acts ...

William Wheeler Thornton - Employers' liability - 1916 - 1122 pages
...a person of reasonable prudence and foresight could not have guarded against. A casualty is an act which proceeds from an unknown cause or is an unusual effect of a known cause. Some of the authorities hold that an "unavoidable accident" is synonymous with "act of God," but the...
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Richey's Federal Employers' Liability, Safety Appliance, and Hours of ...

Homer Richey, Daunis McBride - Employers' liability - 1916 - 858 pages
...any case of casualty or unavoidable accident or the act of God." Casualty has been defined as an act which proceeds from an unknown cause or is an unusual effect of a known cause.15 An unavoidable accident is said to be an inevitable accident which could not have been foreseen...
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A Treatise on the Law of Life and Accident Insurance: Including ..., Volume 2

Frederick Hampden Bacon - Accident insurance - 1917 - 980 pages
...injuries were effected by violence, but was there any accident ? Mr. Webster defines 'accident' to be an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation, an event which proceeds from unknown cause, or an unusual effect of a known cause, and therefore not expected; chance, casualty,...
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Reports of Cases in the Supreme Court of Nebraska, Volume 101

Nebraska. Supreme Court, David Allen Campbell, Guy Ashton Brown, Lorenzo Crounse, Walter Alber Leese, Lee Herdmen, Henry Clay Lindsay, Henry Paxon Stoddart - Law reports, digests, etc - 1918 - 970 pages
...might have lived, but it is enough that the industry brought about this man's death. An accident is an event which proceeds from an unknown cause, or is an unusual effect of a known cause, Young v. Western Furniture & Mfg. Co. and, therefore, not expected. Chicago, St. L. & N. 0. It. Co....
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Legal Definitions: A Collection of Words and Phrases as Applied ..., Volume 1

Law - 1919 - 828 pages
...unexpected by the person to whom it happens. Hutton v. States, etc., Co., 186 111. App. 503. An event which takes place without one's foresight or expectation; an event which proceeds from unknown cause or is an unusual effect of a known cause, and therefore not expected. Fidelity, etc.,...
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The Law of Workmen's Compensation: Rules of Procedure, Tables ..., Volume 1

William Richard Schneider - Employers' liability - 1922 - 1048 pages
...might have lived, but it is enough that the industry brought about this man's death. An accident is an event which proceeds from an unknown cause, or is an unusual effect of known cause, and therefore not expected. * * * It is our view that compensation is a charge against...
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Interstate Commerce Acts Annotated, Volume 4

United States. Interstate Commerce Commission - Interstate commerce - 1930 - 942 pages
...Delano, 246 Fed. 107. 22. Casualty and unavoidable accident defined; generally. — Casualty is an act which proceeds from an unknown cause or is an unusual effect of a known cause. While some authorities hold that unavoidable accident is synonymous with " act of God," the better...
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