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force majeure
[ French fawrs ma-zhœr ]
noun
- an unexpected and disruptive event that may operate to excuse a party from a contract.
force majeure
/ ˈfɔːs mæˈʒɜː; -ˈdʒʊə /
noun
- law irresistible force or compulsion such as will excuse a party from performing his or her part of a contract
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Origin of force majeure1
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
And Geordie obeyed like a child in the presence of force majeure.
Jesup was very rich, and very eager to bring the whole nation up to grace by force majeure.
La Cour de justice arbitrale a son sige La Haye et ne peut, sauf le cas de force majeure, le transporter ailleurs.
Il doit tre tenu pour limitatif en ce sens que le mauvais temps est le seul cas de force majeure qui puisse tre allgu.
They would acknowledge no law nor restraint and seem to have had force majeure on their side.
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