Legal Definition and Related Resources of Emergency
Meaning of Emergency
A sudden or unexpected happening; an unforeseen occurrence or condition , requiring immediate response or action . Scaturchio v Jersey City Incinerator authority , 100 A.2d 869, 14 N.J. 72.
Emergency Alternative Definition
Any event or occasional combination of circumstances which calls for immediate action or remedy; pressing necessity; exigency. 21 111. App. 274.
Synonyms of Emergency
noun
- accident
- casus
- climacteric
- condition of insufficiency
- crisis
- critical point
- crucial period
- difficulty
- dilemma
- discrimen
- exigency
- extremity
- insufficiency of service
- last minute need
- necessitousness
- need
- need for action
- needfulness
- plight
- predicament
- pressing necessity
- pressing need
- strait
- sudden peril
- tempus
- trouble
- unexpected happening
- unforeseen occurrence
- unforseen condition
- urgency Associated Concepts: Emergency Court of Appeals
- Emergency Defense Act
- emergency employment doctrine
- Emergency Price Control Act
- private necessity
- public emergency
- public necessity
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