Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition


Periculum

‖

Pe-ric′u-lum

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Pericula
(#)
.
[L.]
(Rom. & O.Eng. Law)
1.
Danger; risk.
2.
In a narrower, judicial sense: Accident or casus, as distinguished from dolus and culpa, and hence relieving one from the duty of performing an obligation.