CAUSE OUTSIDE ONE'S CONTROL

  

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CAUSE OUTSIDE ONE'S CONTROL

Specialty Definition: CAUSE OUTSIDE ONE'S CONTROL

DomainDefinition

Law

A)force majeure:as a legal notion a superior force which prevents the fulfilment, for example, of a contract and for which one is not responsible b)act of God:an expression used in bills of lading meaning any cause which proceeds from the violence of nature or that kind of force of the elements which human ability could not have foreseen or prevented. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: CAUSE OUTSIDE ONE'S CONTROL

Language Translations for "CAUSE OUTSIDE ONE'S CONTROL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

force majeure (act of God, circumstances outside one's control, force majeure, risk arising from an act of God, risk arising from force majeure, risks arising from circumstances beyond control, vis major). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

overmacht (act of God, circumstances outside one's control, force majeure, vis major), heirkracht (act of God, circumstances outside one's control, force majeure, vis major), force majeure (act of God, circumstances outside one's control, force majeure, vis major), Act of God (act of God, circumstances outside one's control, force majeure, vis major). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

ylivoimainen este (act of God, adversity, circumstances outside one's control, force majeure, hardship, vis major), LAT:force majeure (act of God, circumstances outside one's control, force majeure, vis major). (various references)

   

French

  

cas de force majeure (catastrophes), force majeure, acte de Dieu. (various references)

   

German

  

höhere Gewalt (act of God, forcemajeure). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

περίπτωση ανωτέρας βίας (act of God, circumstances outside one's control, force majeure, vis major), ανωτέρα βία (act of God, circumstances outside one's control, force majeure, vis major). (various references)

   

Italian

  

forza maggiore (act of God, adversity, circumstances outside one's control, force majeure, hardship, vis major). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ausecay outsideay one'say ontrolcay

   

Spanish

  

fuerza mayor (force majeure). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

force majeure (force majeure). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: CAUSE OUTSIDE ONE'S CONTROL

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

force majeure. (various references)

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INDEX

1. Translations: Modern
2. Translations: Ancient
3. Bibliography


  

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