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Deviation

DEVIATION, n. 1. A wandering or turning aside from the right way, course or line. 2. Variation from a common or established rule, or from analogy. 3. A wandering from the path of duty; want of conformity to th...

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DEVIATION, n.

1. A wandering or turning aside from the right way, course or line.

2. Variation from a common or established rule, or from analogy.

3. A wandering from the path of duty; want of conformity to the rules prescribed by God; error; sin; obliquity of conduct.

4. In commerce, the voluntary departure of a ship, without necessity, from the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured. This discharges the underwriters from their responsibility.

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