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VICE PROPRE [2 records]

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Record 1 2001-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of the Sea
  • Transportation Insurance
  • Safety (Water Transport)
DEF

A quality inherent in a cargo which produces damage to the cargo without the assistance of an outside agency and by its own action.

CONT

damage resulting from the inherent defect, quality or vice.

OBS

According to the Hague Rules shipowners are not responsible for loss or damage, resulting from the inherent nature of the cargo.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la mer
  • Assurance transport
  • Sécurité (Transport par eau)
DEF

Germe de destruction, état naturel ou anormal de la chose [marchandise], par suite duquel elle se détériore spontanément, sans l'intervention d'aucune force extérieure.

CONT

Vice propre de la chose [...] Le vice de la chose c'est sa nature même. C'est un principe de détérioration inhérent à cette marchandise.

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire, Accidents, Miscellaneous Risks (Insur.)
DEF

The ability that something has to deteriorate or damage itself without outside help e.g. milk sours because that's its nature, excluded from cover by almost all policies.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Incendies, accidents et risques divers (Assur.)
DEF

Défaut inhérent à la chose elle-même ou prédisposition de cette chose à se détériorer (ainsi, le lait surit de lui-même). Risque exclu de la plupart des polices.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Incendio, accidentes y riesgos varios (Seguros)
DEF

Defecto originario e interno de un objeto que puede producir en mayor o menor grado su propio deterioro, del que el asegurador no es responsable.

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