vis ma·jor 
(vĭs mājər)
(vĭs mājər)n. pl. vi·res ma·jo·res (vī′rēz mə-jôrēz, -jŏr-)
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An overwhelming, unanticipated, and unpreventable event, usually caused by a natural force, the occurrence of which may exempt a party from performing the obligations of a contract. Also called force majeure.
[Latin vīs māior : vīs, force + māior, greater.]
- Indo-European root: (s)tenə-
- Indo-European root: ster-
- Indo-European root: ster-
- Indo-European root: ster-
- Indo-European root: streb(h)-
- Indo-European root: streig-
- Indo-European root: stā-
- Indo-European root: stāi-
- Indo-European root: s(w)e-
- Indo-European root: sweid-
- Indo-European root: s(w)eks
- Indo-European root: swel-
- Indo-European root: swen-
- Indo-European root: swep-
- Indo-European root: swer-
- Indo-European root: swesor-
- Indo-European root: swo-
- Indo-European root: swād-
- Indo-European root: syū-
- Indo-European root: sā-
- Indo-European root: sāg-
- Indo-European root: sāwel-
- Indo-European root: sē-
- Indo-European root: sēmi-
- Indo-European root: sū-