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.
A synopsis and brief extract from the novel, along with the novel's title, Inherent Vice, and dust jacket image, were printed in Penguin Press' Summer 2009 catalogue. Source: Internet
Inherent Vice main Inherent Vice was published in August 2009. Source: Internet