A Flood Will Require Mining Operations to Cease for at Least

question 38

Multiple Choice

A flood will require mining operations to cease for at least six months.How would a force majeure clause affect the legal status of the miner's obligations relating to its existing supply contracts?

• A) non-performance of the contract will be excused without liability
• B) the innocent party will have the right to terminate and sue for breach
• C) performance obligations will be suspended until a specified event occurs
• D) the innocent party will have the right to sue for damages for breach

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Definitions:

Absolute Threshold

The minimum intensity of a stimulus that one can detect 50% of the time, a basic concept in sensory psychology.

Inattentional Blindness

The phenomenon in which we shift our focus from one object to another and, in the process, fail to notice changes in objects to which we are not directly paying attention.

Motion Parallax

A depth cue involving the apparent relative motion of stationary objects as observed by an observer moving across the landscape.

Attentional Blindness

Also known as inattentional blindness, it is the phenomenon where an individual does not see new and unexpected changes in their visual field when their attention is focused elsewhere.