n. accident or casus, as distinguished from dolus and culpa, and hence relieving one from the duty of performing an obligation
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Danger; risk.
n. In a narrower, judicial sense: Accident or casus, as distinguished from dolus and culpa, and hence relieving one from the duty of performing an obligation.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. In Scots law, a risk.
Word Usage
"Fuerunt alii similis amentiae, cives Romani — — Multi enim omnis aetatis, omnis ordinis, utriusque sexus, etiam vocuntur in periculum et vocabuntur.] 189 Tertullian ad Scapulum."