 | Noah Webster - English language - 1834 - 1052 pages
...acciden.-.] 1. A coming or falling; an cveoitbat takes place without one's foresight or expectation -, an event which proceeds from an unknown cause, or...an unusual effect of a known cause, and therefore not expected ; chance ; casualty ; contingency. .3. That which takes place or begins to exist without... | |
 | John Boag - English language - 1848 - 790 pages
...to fall,] n. A coming or falling; an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; an event which proceeds from an unknown cause, or...an unusual effect of a known cause, and therefore not expected; chance; casualty; contingency. Thnt which takes place or begins to exist without an efficient... | |
 | John Boag - English language - 1848 - 816 pages
...to fall,] H. A coming or falling; an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; an event which proceeds from an unknown cause, or is an unusual effect of a known cause, and then-fore not expected; chance; casualty; contingency. That which takes place or begins to exist without... | |
 | Noah Webster - English language - 1857 - 1310 pages
...accidens.] LA coming or falling; an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation ; an event which proceeds from an unknown cause, or...an unusual effect of a known cause, and therefore not expected. 2. That which takes place or begins to exist without an efficient intelligent cause,... | |
 | Law - 1868 - 654 pages
...result. An accHent is defined as " an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation ; an event which proceeds from an unknown cause ; or...an unusual effect of a known cause, and therefore not expected." An accident may happen from an unknown canse. But it is not essential that the cans»... | |
 | North Carolina. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1909 - 1058 pages
...injury occurred. "Injuries resulting from events taking place without one's foresight or expectation, or an event which proceeds from an unknown cause, or...an unusual effect of a known cause, and therefore not expected, must be borne by the unfortunate sufferer." Martin v. Mfg. Co., supra; La-ssiter r. Railroad,... | |
 | Law - 1884 - 550 pages
...casualty, change. And by Webster, an event that takes place without one's forethought or expectation ; an event which proceeds from an unknown cause, or...an unusual effect of a known cause, and therefore not expected ; chance, casualty, contingency. In view of the unquestioned facts the death of the intestate... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1871 - 670 pages
...result. An accident is defined as " an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation ; an event which proceeds from an unknown cause, or...an unusual effect of a known cause, and, therefore, not expected." An accident may happen from an unknown cause ; but it is not essential that the cause... | |
 | Cornelius Walford - Insurance - 1871 - 652 pages
...property. — Chambers. An event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation ; an event that proceeds from an unknown cause, or is an unusual effect of a known cause, and therefore not expected ; chance, casualty, contingency. — Webster. Accident excludes the idea of design. —... | |
 | Cornelius Walford - Insurance - 1871 - 658 pages
...property. — Chambers. An event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation ; an event that proceeds from an unknown cause, or is an unusual effect of a known cause, and therefore not expected ; chance, casualty, contingency. — Webster. Accident excludes the idea of design. —... | |
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an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation ; an event which proceeds from an unknown cause, or is an unusual effect of a known cause, and, therefore, not expected. 
