>> In contract law, "an act of god" does not exist as god is not a
>> legal entity. I beleive policies have to specifically exclude exclusions.
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>> I am sure mark have all the gen on this.
It does exist, although not to include god as a party to the contract, but as a type of force majeure.
Here is a case (tort rather than contract):
tinyurl.com/owyz7d9
But it also applies to contract law:
From tinyurl.com/pz4acfk:
"So an act of God is a particular type of force majeure. If I can't carry out the contract because, let's say, we're contracting to sell a car and the car is struck by lightening than that's an act of God. There's nothing that either party could have done to prevent that. So an act of God is a type of force majeure. Force majeure is a more general term."
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