accidental injury

accidental injury
accidental injury n injury occurring as the unforeseen and chance result of a voluntary act

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  • accidental injury — An injury which occurs by accident, being undesigned and not anticipated, although it may result from a voluntary act. Anno: 29 ALR 691; 39 ALR 871; 44 ALR 372; 56 ALR 1091; 90 ALR 620; 109 ALR 892; 166 ALR 469. An injury incurred in a manner and …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • accidental injury — noun an accident that results in physical damage or hurt • Syn: ↑injury • Derivationally related forms: ↑injure (for: ↑injury) • Hypernyms: ↑accident …   Useful english dictionary

  • Injury prevention — are efforts to prevent or reduce the severity of bodily injuries caused by external mechanisms, such as accidents, before they occur. Injury prevention is a component of safety and public health, and its goal is to improve the health of the… …   Wikipedia

  • injury — in·ju·ry n pl ries [Latin injuria, from injurus injurious, from in not + jur jus right] 1: an act that wrongs or harms another; specif: a violation of a legally protected interest (as the physical or mental well being, property, reputation, or… …   Law dictionary

  • injury — Any wrong or damage done to another, either in his person, rights, reputation, or property. The invasion of any legally protected interest of another. Restatement, Second, Torts, No. 7. Absolute injuries. Injuries to those rights which a person… …   Black's law dictionary

  • injury — Any wrong or damage done to another, either in his person, rights, reputation, or property. The invasion of any legally protected interest of another. Restatement, Second, Torts, No. 7. Absolute injuries. Injuries to those rights which a person… …   Black's law dictionary

  • Accidental death and dismemberment insurance — (also known as AD D) is a form of insurance covering death or specific types of injury as a result of an accident.Margaret E. Lynch, Editor, Health Insurance Terminology, Health Insurance Association of America, 1992, ISBN 1 879143 13 5] In the… …   Wikipedia

  • accidental means — Injury resulting from unintended, unforseeable, and unexpected cause …   Black's law dictionary

  • accidental means — Injury resulting from unintended, unforseeable, and unexpected cause …   Black's law dictionary

  • accidental — By accident; by chance or fortuitously, without intention or design; unexpected, unusual, and unforeseen. 29A Am J Rev ed Ins § 1164. The word is used in its ordinary popular sense in accident policies and means happening by chance, unexpectedly… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

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