pericula

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pericula - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Periculum \Pe*ric"u*lum\, n.; pl. Pericula. [L.] (Rom. &
     O.Eng. Law)
     1. Danger; risk.
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     2. In a narrower, judicial sense: Accident or casus, as
        distinguished from dolus and culpa, and hence relieving
        one from the duty of performing an obligation.
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