Benson extended his force majeure clause period until January 2007.

An oil and gas lease generally includes a force majeure clause.

Force majeure clauses exempt parties from their contract obligations.

Clause 8 of Precedent 1 is a typical shortform force majeure clause.

It contained a force majeure clause.

Force majeure clauses allow airlines to make drastic changes outside contract terms because of war, terrorist attacks or acts of God.

Similarly, a contract can have a force majeure clause that would bring a contract to an end more easily than would common law construction.

Mr. Trippler said the requirement stemmed from the force majeure clause of ticket contracts, which went into effect with the nationwide grounding.

The union has complained that the company misused a force majeure clause - which gives it the ability to lay off workers during times of extreme distress.

For example, a tornado preventing performance in Oklahoma would not trigger the force majeure clause, since tornadoes are a common occurrence in Oklahoma.

In practice, most force majeure clauses do not excuse a party's non-performance entirely, but only suspends it for the duration of the force majeure.

Sample Force Majeure Clauses (World Bank)

Like other airlines, Delta laid off large numbers of workers after the Sept. 11 attacks, invoking the force majeure clause and citing those attacks as the reason.

Indeed, it is unacceptable that certain airlines should be abusing the force majeure clause to avoid their obligation under Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 to compensate passengers.

However, even buyers tend to adopt some form of force majeure clause (often a mutual one benefiting both parties) and this has been included in cl 10.1 of Precedent 2.

The force majeure clause does indeed make reference to one paper not being held liable "for any failure or delay in performance" as a result of events outside their control, including a strike.

But after two appeals, the Washington State Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Times on June 30, 2005, on the force majeure clause, reversing the trial-court judge.

The September 11, 2001 attacks gave US Airways a rationale to invoke a force majeure clause in its labor contracts to close the operation, announced on September 24.

That policy remains in effect, but United does not see a need to invoke the broader force majeure clause either because of the war or SARS, Mr. Nelson said.

The force majeure clause (adverse weather conditions or natural disasters) can be invoked all too easily by coach companies to avoid paying compensation to passengers in the event of a delay or cancellation.

We are also opposed to the force majeure clause that limits the liability of carriers in the event of cancellations or delays if they are caused by difficult weather conditions or major natural disasters.

The Court of Appeal held that the impossibility to perform the agreement was down to Wijsmuller's own choice, and so it was not frustrated, but that the force majeure clause did cover it.

Concepts such as 'damaging earthquake' in force majeure clauses does not help to clarify disruption, especially in areas where there are no other reference structures or most structures are not seismically safe.

Mr. Siegel also said US Airways might have to invoke what is known as a force majeure clause in its contract with the pilots' union to bring the number of planes it operates below 279.

The importance of the force majeure clause in a contract, particularly one of any length in time, cannot be overstated as it relieves a party from an obligation under the contract (or suspends that obligation).