Legal Definition and Related Resources of Misfortune
Meaning of Misfortune
An adverse event not immediately dependent on the action or will of him who suffers from it, and of such a character that no prudent man would take it into his calculation in reference to the interest of himself or of others. Homicide by misfortune. See “Excusable Homicide.”
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Synonyms of Misfortune
noun
- accident
- adverse event
- adverse fortune
- adverse lot
- adverse luck
- adversity
- affliction
- backset
- bad fortune
- bad luck
- bale
- blow
- calamitas
- calamity
- casualty
- cataclysm
- catastrophe
- comedown
- destruction
- disadvantage
- disappointment
- disaster
- evil fortune
- fortuna adversa
- hardship
- ill fortune
- ill luck
- incommodum
- infelicity
- misadventure
- mischance
- mishap
- problem
- reverse
- ruin
- setback
- suffering
- tragedy
- trial
- tribulation
- trouble
- unforseen adversity
- unfortunate occurrence
- unlucky accident
- unlucky happening
- visitation foreign phrases: Festinatio justitiae est noverca infortunii
- The hastening of justice is the stepmother of misfortune
- Negligentia semper habet infortunium comitem
- Negligence always has misfortune for a companion
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See Also
- Accident
- Homicide
- Misadventure
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