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intervening force see force 1
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
intervening force
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intervening force — One which actively operates in producing harm to another after defendant s act or omission has been committed. Intervening force will not break a causal connection if that force was itself probable or foreseeable by the original wrongdoer. Kerns… … Black's law dictionary
intervening force — One which actively operates in producing harm to another after defendant s act or omission has been committed. Intervening force will not break a causal connection if that force was itself probable or foreseeable by the original wrongdoer. Kerns… … Black's law dictionary
intervening force — See intervening cause … Ballentine's law dictionary
force — 1 n 1: a cause of motion, activity, or change intervening force: a force that acts after another s negligent act or omission has occurred and that causes injury to another: intervening cause at cause irresistible force: an unforeseeable event esp … Law dictionary
force — Power, violence, compulsion, or constraint exerted upon or against a person or thing. Landry v. Daley, D.C.I11., 280 F.Supp. 938, 954. Power dynamically considered, that is, in motion or in action; constraining power, compulsion; strength… … Black's law dictionary
force — Power, violence, compulsion, or constraint exerted upon or against a person or thing. Landry v. Daley, D.C.I11., 280 F.Supp. 938, 954. Power dynamically considered, that is, in motion or in action; constraining power, compulsion; strength… … Black's law dictionary
Force majeure — (French for superior force ) is a common clause in contracts which essentially frees both parties from liability or obligation when an extraordinary event or circumstance beyond the control of the parties, such as war, strike, riot, crime, act of … Wikipedia
intervening cause — In tort law, as will relieve of liability for an injury, is an independent cause which intervenes between the original wrongful act or omission and the injury, turns aside the natural sequence of events, and produces a result which would not… … Black's law dictionary
intervening cause — In tort law, as will relieve of liability for an injury, is an independent cause which intervenes between the original wrongful act or omission and the injury, turns aside the natural sequence of events, and produces a result which would not… … Black's law dictionary
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