Multiple choice

Act of God is applicable to:

  1. All cases of inevitable accident

  2. Those who have their origin in part to the agency of man

  3. Those which are occasioned by the elementary forces of nature unconnected with the agency of man

  4. Those which are occasioned partly by the elementary forces of nature and partly by the agency of man

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C Correct answer
Explanation

'Act of God' in tort law refers to natural disasters or events caused solely by natural forces (earthquakes, storms, floods, lightning) that could not have been prevented by human intervention. The key characteristic is that these events are unconnected with any human agency - they are purely natural occurrences. Option C correctly states that Act of God applies to events occasioned by elementary forces of nature without any connection to human agency.

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