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• accident — ac·ci·dent n: an unexpected usu. sudden event that occurs without intent or volition although sometimes through carelessness, unawareness, ignorance, or a combination of causes and that produces an unfortunate result (as an injury) for which the… …   Law dictionary

• accident compensation — (New Zealand) payment in respect of most accidents in New Zealand. While in the UK accident compensation is generally decided upon the basis of the tort or delict systems and generally requires proof of fault, New Zealand introduced a different… …   Law dictionary

• Accident — • The obvious division of things into the stable and the unstable Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Accident     Accident     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

• accident — 1 *quality, character, attribute, property Analogous words: mark, *sign, note, badge, token, symptom: characteristic, peculiarity (see corresponding adjectives at CHARACTERISTIC) Antonyms: substance (in philosophy) 2 *chance, hazard, luck, fort …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Accident Prone — Single par Status Quo extrait de l’album If You Can t Stand the Heat Sortie 17 novembre 1978 Enregistrement 1978 aux Wisselord studios, Hilversum, Pays Bas Durée 4:08 Genre …   Wikipédia en Français

• under the influence of an intoxicant — Under so much influence from intoxicant as impairs the ability of the subject to care for himself. Kuroske v Aetna Life Ins. Co. 234 Wis 394, 291 NW 384, 127 ALR 1505 (clause in accident insurance policy excluding from coverage injuries sustained …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Accident, Maryland — Infobox Settlement official name = Accident, Maryland settlement type = Town nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = 250x200px map caption = Location of Accident, Maryland mapsize1 = map… …   Wikipedia

• accident — The word accident is derived from the Latin verb accidere signifying fall upon, befall, happen, chance. In an etymological sense anything that happens may be said to be an accident and in this sense, the word has been defined as befalling a… …   Black's law dictionary

• accident — The word accident is derived from the Latin verb accidere signifying fall upon, befall, happen, chance. In an etymological sense anything that happens may be said to be an accident and in this sense, the word has been defined as befalling a… …   Black's law dictionary

• Accident Compensation Corporation — Infobox Government agency agency name = Accident Compensation Corporation nativename r = Te Kaporeihana Āwhina Hunga Whara logo = logo width = 140 px logo caption = seal width = seal caption = formed = preceding1 = dissolved = superseding =… …   Wikipedia