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The term "inherent vice" as a phrase refers to a hidden defect (or the very nature) of a physical object that causes it to deteriorate because of the fundamental instability of its components. In the legal sense, inherent vice may make an item an unacceptable risk to a carrier or insurer. If the characteristic or defect is not visible, and if the carrier or the insurer has not been warned of it, neither of them may be liable for any claim arising solely out of the inherent vice."
The phrase "inherent vice" appears often in William Gaddis' The Recognitions, a novel that influenced American post-modern literature. Gaddis' novel uses the term to refer to defects in works of art.
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