without incident; without mishap
Archaic expression meaning that nothing untoward happened; equivalent to modern 事故なく or 無事に. Found in classical or historical texts.
See also: 事故 (ことゆえ)
The journey ended without incident, as recorded in an old diary.
Archaic expression; the kanji spelling ことゆえ無し is the primary form.
Alternate archaic spelling using 事故 for ことゆえ.
The phrase is composed of ことゆえ (archaic reading of 事故, meaning 'incident' or 'mishap') and 無し (classical negative adjective meaning 'not exist'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it follows a classical pattern of noun + 無し to mean 'without ~'.