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Inherent vice

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  1. 1
    An intrinsic shortcoming in an object, especially an object's in-built tendency to degrade, which adversely affects its evaluation, preservability, insurability, or acceptability to be transported by a shipper, and which usually limits the legal liability of those who handle or care for it. uncountable, usually

    "Leather, badly tanned, is susceptible to deterioration from inherent vice induced by poor quality manufacturing."

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