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force majeure An unforeseen, insurmountable event beyond a person's control that may relieve someone of legal responsibility for certain acts. [139] [141] Usage note: often seen as cas de force majeure. force publique law enforcement; police. See also § agent de la force publique. forclusion
Damage "does not necessarily imply total loss of system functionality, but rather that the system is no longer operating in its optimal manner". [1] Damage to physical objects is "the progressive physical process by which they break", [2]: 1. and includes mechanical stress that weakens a structure, even if this is not visible. [2]: ix.
Property damage, damage to public or private property; Radiation damage, damage or injury due to ionizing radiation; Water damage, damage done by water to materials not resistant to the effect of water; Damage mechanics, damage to materials due to cyclic mechanical loads; Biology and medical: Any form of injury; Articular cartilage damage ...
Maximum force of a molecular motor [8] 10 −11 10 −10 ~160 pN Force to break a typical noncovalent bond [8] 10 −9 nanonewton (nN) ~1.6 nN Force to break a typical covalent bond [8] 10 −8 ~82nN Force on an electron in a hydrogen atom [1] 10 −7 ~200nN Force between two 1 meter long conductors, 1 meter apart by an outdated definition of ...
The Force de dissuasion (English: 'Deterrence Force'), known as the Force de frappe (English: 'Strike Force') prior to 1961, [1] is the French nuclear deterrence force. The Force de dissuasion used to be a triad of air-, sea- and land-based nuclear weapons intended for dissuasion , the French term for deterrence .
An acceptable loss, also known as acceptable damage or acceptable casualties, is a military euphemism used to indicate casualties or destruction inflicted by the enemy that is considered minor or tolerable. [1]
Expectation damages are damages recoverable from a breach of contract by the non-breaching party. An award of expectation damages protects the injured party's interest in realising the value of the expectancy that was created by the promise of the other party.
Border control at Marseille Provence Airport (with PARAFE self-service gates under construction on the left).. La direction nationale de la police aux frontières (DNPAF; English: National Directorate of the Border Police) is a directorate of the French National Police that is responsible for border control at certain border crossing points in France.