Common use of Definition of Force Majeure Clause in Contracts

Definition of Force Majeure. The term "force majeure" as used herein, means acts of God; strikes, lockouts, or other industrial disturbances; acts of terrorism, acts of the public enemy, wars, blockades, insurrections, civil disturbances, riots, and epidemics; landslides, lightning, earthquakes, fires, storms, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, and washouts; arrests, orders, directives, restraints, and requirements of the government and governmental agencies, either federal or state, civil or military; any application of governmental conservation or curtailment rules and regulations; explosions, breakage, or accident to machinery or lines of pipe; shutdowns of lines of pipe for inspection, maintenance, or repair; freezing of lines of pipe; and any other causes, whether of the kind enumerated or otherwise, not reasonably within the control of the party claiming suspension. The settlement of strikes or lockouts will be entirely within the discretion of the party having the difficulty, and the above referenced reasonable dispatch will not require the settlement of strikes or lockouts by acceding to the demand of the opposing party when such course is, or is deemed to be, inadvisable or inappropriate in the discretion of the party having the difficulty.

Definition of Force Majeure. The term "force majeure" as used herein, means acts of God; strikes, lockouts, or other industrial disturbances; acts of terrorism, acts of the public enemy, wars, blockades, insurrections, civil disturbances, riots, and epidemics; landslides, lightning, earthquakes, fires, storms, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, and washouts; arrests, orders, directives, restraints, and requirements of the government and governmental agencies, either federal or state, civil or military; any application of governmental conservation or curtailment rules and regulations; explosions, breakage, or accident to machinery or lines of pipe; shutdowns of lines of pipe for inspection, maintenance, or repair; freezing of lines of pipe; and any other causes, whether of the kind enumerated or otherwise, not reasonably within the control of the party claiming suspension. The settlement of strikes or lockouts will be entirely within the discretion of the party having the difficulty, and the above referenced reasonable dispatch will not require the settlement of strikes or lockouts by acceding to the demand of the opposing theopposing party when such course is, or is deemed to be, inadvisable or inappropriate in the discretion of the party theparty having the difficulty.