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a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events

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  1. n. a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events
  2. A superior force which under certain circumstances is held to exempt from contract obligations; inevitable accident; -- a civil-law term used as nearly equivalent to, but broader than, the common-law term act of God (which see).
  3. A superior force which under certain circumstances is held toexempt from contract obligations; inevitable accident; -- a civil-lawterm used as nearly equivalent to, but broader than, the common-lawterm act of God (which see).