Misadventure
Misadventure (?; 135) , noun
[Old English mesaventure, French mésaventure.]
Mischance; misfortune; ill luck; unlucky accident; ill adventure. — Chaucer
Collocations (1)
Homicide by misadventure (Law) , homicide which occurs when a man, doing a lawful act, without any intention of injury, unfortunately kills another; -- called also excusable homicide. See Homicide. — Blackstone