Define: Potential Hazard

The meaning of “Potential Hazard” differs based on where it is used. We list many below, then combine them into one or more market-standard definitions.

How is Potential Hazard defined in a legal contract?

  • Potential Hazard means a risk to health or safety that could happen if no steps are taken to fix it. Seen in 3 SEC filings.
  • Potential Hazard means a threat posed by a tree or a limb of a tree that, due to its position, condition, tilt, or other noticeable factors, is reasonably discerned as physically falling on surrounding areas, utility lines, public roads or other public paths, homes or other structures, due to illness, damage, or death. Seen in 2 SEC filings.

Note: The Genie AI Legal Assistant pulled this data out of the SEC EDGAR Database of 500,000 records from the past 22 years of filings. We regularly update this page as new filings and definitions come in.

Search EDGAR for 'Definitions of potential hazard' yourself to verify these results. We are always keen to point people to source documents.

Which definition should you use?

🤔 Our AI Legal Assistant has combined and improved the above descriptions to create market-standard 'Genie definitions' below, with guidance on which documents and which industry to use for each.

Genie Definition 1

  • Potential Hazard means a risk to health or safety that requires corrective action to prevent it.

Relevant Contract Types

Relevant Circumstances

  • Establishing safety standards in a workplace
  • Determining liability in case of health hazard in a rented property
  • Setting parameters for acceptable risk in a project

Relevant Sectors

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Potential Hazard means a risk to health or safety that requires corrective action to prevent it.

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