English-Spanish translations for force majeure

• caso fortuito
• fuerza mayor
  La indemnización no se aplicará en caso de fuerza mayor. Compensation does not apply in the case of force majeure.
  No es "fuerza mayor" cuando un avión se cancela porque está medio vacío. It is not force majeure when an aircraft is cancelled because it is half-empty.
  La definición que ofrece el Parlamento de «caso de fuerza mayor» es una salvaguardia inadecuada en este contexto. Parliament's definition of 'force majeure' is an inadequate safeguard in this respect.

Definition of force majeure

• An overwhelming force
• An unavoidable catastrophe, especially one that prevents someone from fulfilling a legal obligation

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