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caso fortuito — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • fluke noun A lucky, accidental success unlikely to happen again.
  • force majeure noun A clause in a contract releasing the parties from their obligations when an extraordinary event outside their control, such as a war, flood or government ban, makes performance impossible.

Senses

caso fortuito is used for these senses in English:

  • fluke A lucky or improbable occurrence that could probably never be repeated.
  • force majeure (law) An unavoidable circumstance, especially one that prevents someone from fulfilling a legal (usually contractual) obligation.

fluke — full definition

  1. noun A lucky, accidental success unlikely to happen again.
  2. noun A parasitic flatworm.

force majeure — full definition

  1. noun A clause in a contract releasing the parties from their obligations when an extraordinary event outside their control, such as a war, flood or government ban, makes performance impossible.
  2. noun An unforeseeable event of overwhelming power that nobody can guard against or be blamed for.

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