Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

Adventitious

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Bouvier (1839)

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

That which comes incidentally, fortuitously or out of the regular course. "Adventitious value" of lands, see Central R. Co., v. Sinte Board of Assessors, 49 N. J. Law, 1, 7 Atl. 306.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

That which comes Incidentally, fortuitously, or out of the regular course.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

adventitius, from advenio,; what comes incidentally; as adventitia bona, goods that fall to a man otherwise than by inheritance; or adventitia dos, a dowry or portion given by some other friend beside the parent.