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 […]