happening+by+chance

  • 51sudden happening — index accident (chance occurrence) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 52Fat chance — little to no chance of something happening …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 53fat chance — Australian Slang little to no chance of something happening …

    English dialects glossary

  • 54fat chance — there is very little or no possibility of that happening. Will Hal make you laugh? Fat chance. Usage notes: usually used as a separate sentence to remark on what was just said, as in the example …

    New idioms dictionary

  • 55pure chance — A happening by the hand of fate alone, without control or direction …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 56accidental — Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to usual course of things; casual; fortuitous. Norris v. New York Life Ins. Co., C.C.A.Md., 49 F.2d 62, 63; Murphy v. Travelers Ins. Co., 141 Neb. 41, 2 N.W.2d 576, 578, 579. See… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 57accidental — Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to usual course of things; casual; fortuitous. Norris v. New York Life Ins. Co., C.C.A.Md., 49 F.2d 62, 63; Murphy v. Travelers Ins. Co., 141 Neb. 41, 2 N.W.2d 576, 578, 579. See… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 58accident — ac·ci·dent n: an unexpected usu. sudden event that occurs without intent or volition although sometimes through carelessness, unawareness, ignorance, or a combination of causes and that produces an unfortunate result (as an injury) for which the… …

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  • 59accident — The word accident is derived from the Latin verb accidere signifying fall upon, befall, happen, chance. In an etymological sense anything that happens may be said to be an accident and in this sense, the word has been defined as befalling a… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 60accident — The word accident is derived from the Latin verb accidere signifying fall upon, befall, happen, chance. In an etymological sense anything that happens may be said to be an accident and in this sense, the word has been defined as befalling a… …

    Black's law dictionary