 | John Boag - 1848 - 790 pages
...ACCIDENT, ak'se-rtJnt, IL. ac for ad, to, and cado, to fall,] n. A coming or falling; an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; an event...therefore not expected; chance; casualty; contingency. Thnt which takes place or begins to exist without an efficient intelligent cause, and without design.... | |
 | John Boag - 1848 - 816 pages
...ACCIDENT, ak'se-d<?nt, [L. ac for ad, to, and codo, to fall,] H. A coming or falling; an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; an event...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 - 1857 - 1310 pages
...the rudiments of grammar. A€'CI-DENT, n. [L. accidens.] LA coming or falling; an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation ; an...effect of a known cause, and therefore not expected. 2. That which takes place or begins to exist without an efficient intelligent cause, and without design.... | |
 | 1868 - 654 pages
...of the elements contributing to produce the result. An accHent is defined as " an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation ; an...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» should be unknown.... | |
 | North Carolina. Supreme Court - 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...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, 150 IT.... | |
 | 1869 - 370 pages
...ikt's pince without one's foresight or expectation ; an event which proceeds from sп unknown canse ; or is 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 should he unknown.... | |
 | 1888 - 564 pages
...blow with a pitchfork or a strain in handling it? And they define an accident as an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation, an event which proceeds from an unknown canse or the unusual effecjt of a known, and therefore not expected chance, casualty or contingency... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - 1871 - 670 pages
...of the elements contributing to produce the result. An accident is defined as " an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation ; an...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 should be unknown.... | |
 | Cornelius Walford - 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...therefore not expected ; chance, casualty, contingency. — Webster. Accident excludes the idea of design. — Worcester. An extraordinary incident ; something... | |
 | Cornelius Walford - 1871 - 736 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...therefore not expected ; chance, casualty, contingency. — Webster. Accident excludes the idea of design. — Worcester. An extraordinary incident ; something... | |
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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; chance; casualty; contingency. 
