inevitable accident

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inevitable accident - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]

inevitable accident - 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.