inherent vice

== English == === Noun === inherent vice (usually uncountable, plural inherent vices) (commercial law) 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. === Further reading === “inherent vice”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.