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peril

peril. 1. Exposure to the risk of injury, damage, or loss (the perils of litigation). inescapable peril. A danger that one cannot avoid without another’s help. See LAST-CLEAR-CHANCE DOCTRINE. [Cases: Negligence 530(1). C.J.S. Negligence §§ 281–290, 313, 318.] 2. Insurance. The cause of a risk of loss to person or property; esp., the cause of

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danger

danger. 1. Peril; exposure to harm, loss, pain, or other negative result. 2. A cause of peril; a menace. apparent danger. 1. Obvious danger; real danger. — Also termed patent danger. 2. Criminal law. The perceived danger in one person’s actions toward another, as a result of which it seems necessary for the threatened person

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