1) French word used in English
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Force majeure (s {respell|FORS|`}, ɜr {respell|mah|ZHUR|`}, or ɜr {respell|mə|ZHUR|`}; fɔʁs maʒœʁ) or vis major (Latin) `superior force`, also known as cas fortuit (French) or casus fortuitus (Latin) `chance occurrence, unavoidable accident`, is a common clause in contracts that essentially frees both parties from liability or oblig...
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Clause limiting responsibilities of charterers, shippers and receiver of cargo
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Events outside the control of the parties. These events are acts of man, nature, governments and regulators, or impersonal events. Contract performance is forgiven or extended by the period of force majeure.
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A superior force. An event that no human foresight could anticipate or which if anticipated, is too strong to be considered e.g an industrial strike which leads to loss of profits. Circumstances must be abnormal and unforeseeable, so that the consequences could not have been avoided through the exercise of all due care.
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In politics, the use of force rather than the seeking of a political or diplomatic solution to a problem. By this principle, a government could end a strike by sending in troops, instead of...
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A clause in a contract which exempts the contracting party (e.g., insurer) from liability in the event of an unforeseen intervention or catastrophe which prevents fulfilment of contractual obligations, such as war, act of God, etc. The term force majeure is French, meaning loosely 'superior strength'
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A condition that permits a company to depart from the strict terms of a contract because of an event or effect that can't be reasonably anticipated or controlled.
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Clause limiting responsibilities of charterers, shippers and receiver of cargo
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The clause in an ore, metal, alloy or scrap supply contract which allows the seller not to deliver or the buyer not to take delivery of the contracted material because of events beyond his control. There is no force majeure clause in an LME contract. Customers affected by a declaration of force majeure on an LME-deliverable metal by a producer or r...
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Often, an event or effect beyond the control of the parties involved. It includes 'acts of God', such as extreme weather, and acts of man, such as riots, labour strikes or arson. Specific provision is made for damage or injury arising from force majeure in many contracts.
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A force majeure is an event outside the control of either party to a contract (such as a strike, riot, war, act of God) that may excuse either party from fulfilling his contractual obligations in certain circumstances, provided that the contract contains a force majeure clause. If one party invokes the force majeure clause the other may either acce...
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force majeure 1. In law, an unexpected and disruptive event that may operate to excuse a party from a contract. 2. A superior or overpowering force. 3. An unexpected or uncontrollable event. 4. A natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events.
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A legal term meaning beyond the control of the parties [to a commercial contract].
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an unexpected and disruptive event that may operate to excuse a party from a contract.
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