Event
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In reference to judicial and quasi judicial proceedings, the "event" means the conclusion, end or final outcome or result of a litigation; as, in the phrase "abide the event," speaking of eoBts or of an agreement that one suit shall be governed by the determination in another.
Reeves v. McGregor, 9 Adol. & El. 576; Benjamin v. Ver Nooy, 168 N. Y. 578, 61 N. E. 071; Commercial Union Assur. Co. v. Scammon, 35 III. App. 660.