What does force majeure mean?

Definitions for force majeure
mæˈʒɜr, mɑ-force ma·jeure

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. act of God, force majeure, vis major, inevitable accident, unavoidable casualtynoun

    a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events

    "he discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God"

Wiktionary

  1. force majeurenoun

    an overwhelming force

  2. force majeurenoun

    an unavoidable catastrophe, especially one that prevents someone from fulfilling a legal obligation

  3. Etymology: From force majeure (greater force)

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  1. force majeure

    Force majeure is a legal term referring to unforeseeable circumstances or extraordinary events, such as natural disasters, wars, or pandemics, that prevent one or both parties in a contract from fulfilling their contractual obligations. These circumstances are considered outside the control of the parties involved and may temporarily or permanently exempt them from liability for breach of contract.

Wikidata

  1. Force majeure

    Force majeure or vis major "superior force", also known as força major, fuerza mayor, cas fortuit or casus fortuitus "chance occurrence, unavoidable accident", is a common clause in contracts that essentially frees both parties from liability or obligation when an extraordinary event or circumstance beyond the control of the parties, such as a war, strike, riot, crime, or an event described by the legal term act of God, prevents one or both parties from fulfilling their obligations under the contract. In practice, most force majeure clauses do not excuse a party's non-performance entirely, but only suspends it for the duration of the force majeure. Force majeure is generally intended to include risks beyond the reasonable control of a party, incurred not as a product or result of the negligence or malfeasance of a party, which have a materially adverse effect on the ability of such party to perform its obligations, as where non-performance is caused by the usual and natural consequences of external forces, or where the intervening circumstances are specifically contemplated.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of force majeure in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of force majeure in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of force majeure in a Sentence

  1. Anas Alhajji:

    You sign contracts based on the average norms that a society has experienced over the last 100 years. If we have a new event that is not covered by those norms, it goes into force majeure. That's what Harold Hamm and others are saying - that these are circumstances outside the norm.

  2. Yousef Bu Saifi:

    We have asked the PFG to intercept any tankers trying to approach the oilfields for security and technical reasons. The force majeure is still in place.

  3. Stephen Innes:

    Oil prices got a small boost this morning after Libya's (NOC) declared force majeure on Sharara crude loaded at Zawiya port.

  4. Matt Stanley:

    The market needs to stop worrying about this balance and concentrate on the now, we rallied on the back of supply outages, wildfires and seemingly increased demand. Well, Shell have lifted force majeure at (Nigeria's) Bonny ... the wildfires are out and Canada is close to full production, and (U.S.) gasoline demand is at 15-month lows.

  5. Martin King:

    It's just really a question of how fast these projects get ramped up, given that some of these sites declared force majeure for June cargoes, I think people are not really sure how much volume is going to be affected.


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