Usually means: Superior force, unavoidable natural event.
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  1. vis major: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. vis major: Collins English Dictionary
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  1. vis major: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. Vis major: A DICTIONARY OF LAW (1893)
  4. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  5. Vis major: Legal dictionary
  6. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (vis major)

▸ noun:  (law) A greater force; an act of God; an unavoidable accident.

Similar:
force majeure, act of God, inevitable accident, unavoidable casualty, main, force of nature, megastorm, magnality, mightiness, marvelment, more...

Types:
natural disaster, act of God, force majeure, more...

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Similar:
force majeure, act of God, inevitable accident, unavoidable casualty, main, force of nature, megastorm, magnality, mightiness, marvelment, more...

Types:
natural disaster, act of God, force majeure, more...



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