Accident

Event which could not have been avoided by the use of the kind and degree of care nece ary to the exigency, and in the circumstances surrounding the parties. For the accidental result of a lawful act there is no legal liability. Court of equity will often grant relief to the victim of an accident, as when a bond or promi ory note is lost or destroyed, or when a written contract has been mistakenly drawn or defectively executed. Accident insurance provides indemnity for the lo of life, limb, sight, or time; but not generally for pain, annoyance or grief, as a result of accidental injury to the body of the insured. Terms of a proffered accident policy should be carefully examined by the party about to take it out. In military operations, term applied to an event of secondary importance and which has happened by chance. When applied to the ground over which military operations are conducted, it refers to elevations or depre ions which would sensibly affect their succe ful execution, such as precipitous heights or ravines, streams, forests or other obstacles to unimpeded movements of troops in military formation. Accidental Variation. See VARIATION.