fair wear and tear

Honorable scars from fair wear and tear shall not count against."

Some clog easily on sticky ground, others are so shallow that the loss of a couple of millimetres due to fair wear and tear produces considerable loss of adhesion.

On appeal, the Supreme Court of Appeal restated common-law rule that a lessee must restore leased property in the condition in which it was received, fair wear and tear excluded.

But apart from such things, if the house falls into disrepair through fair wear and tear or lapse of time, or for any reason not caused by him, then the tenant is not liable to repair it.

Although if the dockyard felt the packet was its concern the survey would give the master shipwright plenty of work, there was nothing wrong with the rigging for the surveying master to fuss about, apart from "fair wear and tear".