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Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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occurrence — occurrence, event, incident, episode, circumstance are comparable when they denote something that happens or takes place. Occurrence is the general term for something which takes place {such a happy and convenient occurrence, the princess s… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
accidental — adjective 1) an accidental meeting Syn: fortuitous, chance, adventitious, fluky, coincidental, casual, serendipitous, random; unexpected, unforeseen, unanticipated, unlooked for, unintentional, unintended, inadvertent, unplanned … Thesaurus of popular words
accidental — I. adjective Date: 14th century 1. arising from extrinsic causes ; incidental, nonessential 2. a. occurring unexpectedly or by chance b. happening without intent or through carelessness and often with unfortunate results • accidentally also… … New Collegiate Dictionary
accidental — By accident; by chance or fortuitously, without intention or design; unexpected, unusual, and unforeseen. 29A Am J Rev ed Ins § 1164. The word is used in its ordinary popular sense in accident policies and means happening by chance, unexpectedly… … Ballentine's law dictionary
accidental injury — An injury which occurs by accident, being undesigned and not anticipated, although it may result from a voluntary act. Anno: 29 ALR 691; 39 ALR 871; 44 ALR 372; 56 ALR 1091; 90 ALR 620; 109 ALR 892; 166 ALR 469. An injury incurred in a manner and … Ballentine's law dictionary
epiphenomenon — A symptom appearing during the course of a disease, not of usual occurrence, and not necessarily associated with the disease. * * * epi·phe·nom·e·non .ep i fə näm ə .nän, nən n an accidental or accessory event or process occurring in the course… … Medical dictionary
quirk — I (accident) noun accidental occurrence casualty, chance, circumstance, fate, fortuitous event, fortuity, freak, hap, inadvertence, luck, misadventure, mischance, mishap, nonintentional occurrence, turn, twist, undesigned occurrence, unforeseen… … Law dictionary
List of Kansas birds — The List of Kansas birds lists every wild bird species ever seen in the U.S. state of Kansas, based on the list published by the Kansas Birds Records Committee of the Kansas Ornithological Society. The following markings are used.*(A) =… … Wikipedia
List of New Jersey birds — This is a list of every wild bird species ever seen in New Jersey, as recorded by the New Jersey Bird Records Committee. 458 species are included. Two species, whose records are of uncertain origin, have not been included. The following markings… … Wikipedia
happenstance — I noun accident, accidental occurrence, casualty, chance, chance happening, circumstance, coincidence, fate, fortuitousness, fortuity, inexpectation, involuntariness, random luck, serendipity, unexpected occurrence, unforeseen occurrence,… … Law dictionary
