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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Periculum

· Pe·ric·u·lum · IPA
01 n. Danger; risk.
pl. Pericula ((#))
  1. 1.
    Danger; risk.(Rom. & O.Eng. Law)
  2. 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.