OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 31945

force majeure

/ˌfɔːs mæˈʒɜː/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
caso fortuito • fuerza mayor
An unavoidable circumstance, especially one that prevents someone from fulfilling a legal (usually contractual) obligation.
18. GNM [Guardian News & Media Limited] shall not be liable for any failure to comply with its obligations where the failure is caused by something outside its reasonable control.…
Brazil's largest trader of sugar and ethanol declared force majeure to some third party exporters of sugar with contracts to ship through its Santos Port terminal that burned down…
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