Contingent

Definition of Contingent

Con`tin´gent

a.	1.	Possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual. Weighing so much actual crime against so much contingent advantage. - Burke.
	2.	Dependent on that which is undetermined or unknown; as, the success of his undertaking is contingent upon events which he can not control.
	3.	(Law) Dependent for effect on something that may or may not occur; as, a contingent estate. If a contingent legacy be left to any one when he attains, or if he attains, the age of twenty-one. - Blackstone.
n.	1.	An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future; a contingency. His understanding could almost pierce into future contingents. - South.
	2.	That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share; proportion; esp., a quota of troops. From the Alps to the border of Flanders, contingents were required . . . 200,000 men were in arms. - Milman.

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