"Accident" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
An unforeseen event, oc-curriog without the will or design of the person whose mere act causes lt; an unex-pected, unusual, or undesigned occurrence; the effect of an unknown cause, or, the cause being known, an unprecedented consequence of lt; a casualty. Burkhard v. Travelers’ Ins. Co., 102 Pa. 262, 48 Am. Rep. 205; ..Etna L. Ins. Co. v. Vandecar, 86 Fed. 282, 30 C. C. A. 48; Carnes v. Iowa Traveling Men’s Ass’n, 106 Iowa, 281, 76 N. W. 683, 68 Am. St. Rep. 306; Atlanta Acc. Ass’n v. Alexander, 104 Ga. 709, 30 S. E. 939. 42
A quality or attribute in distinction from the substance,
as sweetness, softness.
Unusual appearance or effect.
A property or quality of a thing which is not essential
to it, as whiteness in paper; an attribute.
Any accidental property, fact, or relation; an accidental
or nonessential; as, beauty is an accident.
A property attached to a word, but not essential to it,
as gender, number, case.
Literally, a befalling; an event that takes place without
one's foresight or expectation; an undesigned, sudden, and unexpected
event; chance; contingency; often, an undesigned and unforeseen
occurrence of an afflictive or unfortunate character; a casualty; a
mishap; as, to die by an accident.
A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a
coat of arms.
History does not repeat itself. Nor does it unfold in cycles. The real future is contingent, rich beyond imagining, a perennial gobsmack, tragic and glorious in equal measure; the pundits' future, spun of 'conventional wisdom,' is only a sucker punch to that common-sense fact.
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