Part 2352

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A certain possible event that may or may not happen, by which, when happening, some particular title may be affected.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Casualty; accident; chance.</syn>

<h1>Contingent</h1> <Xpage=313>

<hw>Con*tin"gent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>contingens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p.pr. of <ets>contingere</ets> to touch on all sides, to happen; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>tangere</ets> to touch: cf. F. <ets>contingent</ets>. See <er>Tangent</er>, <er>Tact</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.</def>

<blockquote>Weighing so much actual crime against so much <b>contingent</b> advantage. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Dependent on that which is undetermined or unknown; <as>as, the success of his undertaking is <ex>contingent</ex> upon events which he can not control</as>.</def> "Uncertain and <i>contingent</i> causes."

<i>Tillotson.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Dependent for effect on something that may or may not occur; <as>as, a <ex>contingent</ex> estate</as>.</def>

<blockquote>If a <b>contingent</b> legacy be left to any one when he attains, or if he attains, the age of twenty-one. <i>Blackstone.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Contingent</h1> <Xpage=313>

<hw>Con*tin"gent</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future; a contingency.</def>

<blockquote>His understanding could almost pierce into future <b>contingets</b>. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share; proportion; esp., a quota of troops.</def>

<blockquote>From the Alps to the border of Flanders, <b>contingents</b> were required . . . 200,000 men were in arms. <i>Milman.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Contingently</h1> <Xpage=313>

<hw>Con*tin"gent*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a contingent manner; without design or foresight; accidentally.</def>

<h1>Contingentness</h1> <Xpage=313>

<hw>Con*tin"gent*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being contingent; fortuitousness.</def>

<h1>Continuable</h1> <Xpage=313>

<hw>Con*tin"u*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being continued</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Continual</h1> <Xpage=313>

<hw>Con*tin"u*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>continuel</ets>, F. <ets>continuel</ets>. See <er>Continue</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Proceeding without interruption or cesstaion; continuous; unceasing; lasting; abiding.</def>

<blockquote>He that is of a merry heart hath a <b>continual</b> feast. <i>Prov. xv. 15.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Occuring in steady and rapid succession; very frequent; often repeated.</def>

<blockquote>The eye is deligh by a <b>continental</b> succession of small landscapes. <i>W. Irwing.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Continual proportionals</col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>quantities in continued proportion.</cd></cs>

<i>Brande & C.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Constant; prepetual; incessant; unceasing; uninterrupted; unintermitted; continuous. See <er>Constant</er>, and <er>Continuous</er>.</syn>