| Noun | 1. | inevitable accident - a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God" |
INEVITABLE ACCIDENT. A term used in the civil law, nearly synonymous with fortuitous. event. (q.v.) 2 Sm. & Marsh. 572. In the common law commonly called the ad of God. (q.v.) 2 Smed. & Marsh. Err. & App. 572.
act of God, calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, force majeure, tragedy, unavoidable casualty, vis major