casualness (kazualnes)

[ casualty (kaz'u-al-ti), n.; pl. casualties (-tiz). [ Lo es that befall them by mere casualty . IMG:content-3252.png:[blocks in formation] 2. An unfortunate chance or accident, espe cially one resulting in bodily injury or death; specifically, disability or lo of life in battle or military service from wounds, etc.: as, the cas ualties were very numerous. The Colonel was, early in the day, disabled by a casualty . Emerson, Addre , Soldiers' Monument, Concord. Numerous applications for pensions, based upon the casualties of the existing war, have already been made. Lincoln , in Raymond, p. 174. 3. In Scots law, an emolument due from a va al to his superior, beyond the stated yearly duties, upon certain casual events. - Casualty of wards, the mails and duties due to the superiors in ward holdings.- Casualty ward, the ward in a hospital in which patients suffering from casualties or accidents are treated. To call a man a mere casuist means that he is at best a splitter of hairs; to call a chain of argument casuistical is a rather le unpolite way of saying that it is dishonest. H. N. Oxenham, Short Studies, p. 91. casuistt (kaz'u-ist), v. i. [ uistic manner.