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excepted peril

 
 
noun [C]

Definition

INSURANCE a risk that is not included in an insurance policy: As water entering from an unknown cause was not an excepted peril, the claimants succeeded in their claim.
(Definition of excepted peril noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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