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51Contingent Order — 1. An order involving the simultaneous execution of two or more transactions. 2. An order whose execution depends upon the execution and/or price of another security. These types of orders are generally placed for option strategies where two… …
52contingent — con tin·gent || nt n. reinforcement, detachment of troops; representative group, delegation adj. dependent upon; possible; accidental, happening by chance …
53contingent — adj 1. conditional, provisional, provisory, stipulatory; dependent on or upon, depending, depending on, hanging on, hinging on; circumstantial, depending on circumstances; subject to, incident to, incidental to. 2. likely, possible, probable,… …
54contingent will — A will which is to take effect only upon the happening of a specified contingency. In re Craft s Estate, Tex.Civ.App., 358 S.W.2d 732, 734 …
55contingent estate — An estate limited so that the person to whom or the event upon which it is to take effect remains uncertain. 33 Am J1st Life Est § 97 …
56contingent fee — A fee of an attorney the amount of which or the payment of which depends upon the outcome of the litigation. 7 Am J2d Attys § 214 …
57contingent intent — An intent to act, subject to a contingency, as where one proposes to inflict violence upon the person of another, provided the latter does not comply with an order. 6 Am J2d Asslt & B § 30 …
58contingent liability — A liability arising out of contract, the duty to perform which is dependent as to when or whether the obligation shall become absolute, upon the occurrence of an event the happening of which is a matter of some uncertainty. Haywood v Shreve, 44… …
59contingent use — A use, the vesting of which is conditioned upon the happening of some uncertain event. Haywood v Shreve, 44 NJL 94, 104 …
60contingent — adj. & n. adj. 1 (usu. foll. by on, upon) conditional, dependent (on an uncertain event or circumstance). 2 associated. 3 (usu. foll. by to) incidental. 4 a that may or may not occur. b fortuitous; occurring by chance. 5 true only under existing… …
