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Fail

1. The difference between “fall” and “refuse” is that the latter involves an act of the will, while the former may be an act of Inevitable necessity. Taylor v. Mason, 9 wheat. 344, 6 L. Ed. 101. See Stallings v. Thomas, 55 Ark. 326, 18 S. W. 184; Tele-graph Co. v. Irvin, 27 Ind. App. 62, 59 N. E. 327; Persons v. Hight, 4 Ga. 497

Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)