To Avoid Litigation Over Impossibility and Impracticability Issues, Modern Contracting

question 29

Multiple Choice

To avoid litigation over impossibility and impracticability issues, modern contracting parties often contract around the doctrine of impossibility, specifying the failures that will excuse performance in their contracts. The clauses in which they do this are called __________ clauses, and they are generally enforced by courts as written.

• A) delta force
• B) force majeure
• C) magnum force
• D) force corporeal

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