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force majeure

contract clause regarding extraordinary occurrence beyond control which prevents one or both parties from fulfilling their obligations
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force majeure

Summary

force majeure is a legal term or legal concept[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • force majeure's instance of is recorded as legal term or legal concept[3].
  • force majeure is a type of causality[4].
  • force majeure is a type of legal risk[5].
  • force majeure is a type of contractual term[6].
  • force majeure's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[7].
  • force majeure's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[8].
  • force majeure's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • force majeure's different from is recorded as Sila wyzsza[10].

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Designation and Status

force majeure's instance of is recorded as legal term or legal concept[3].

Why It Matters

force majeure has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → pJnNW
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 4w ago · Horcrux · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Google knowledge graph id → /g/120wl411
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q3663825 */"
  3. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → legal term or legal concept
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 2261727
    Instance of → —
    Different from → Sila wyzsza
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007541429805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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