force majeure clause

force-majeure clause. A contractual provision allocating the risk if performance becomes impossible or impracticable, esp. as a result of an event or effect that the parties could not have anticipated or controlled. [Cases: Contracts 309(1). C.J.S. Contracts §§ 520–522, 524.]

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