unavoidable casualty

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unavoidable casualty - a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God"

act of God, force majeure, inevitable accident, vis major

calamity, catastrophe, tragedy, disaster, cataclysm - an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"

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The statute says "any question" submitted to a state judge - excepting the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals - must be decided within three months unless prevented "by sickness or unavoidable casualty" or an agreement between both parties to a case.

Attorney sues chief justice over case delays

respond, appear and defend, and there exists no excuse for neglect, unavoidable casualty or other just cause for default."