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Contingent claim

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

One which has not accrued and which is dependent on the happening of some future event Hospes v. Car Co., 48 Minn. 174, 50 N. W. 1117, 15 In R. A. 470, 31 Am. St. Rep. 637 ; Austin v. Saveland's Estate, 77 Wis. 108, 45 N. W. 955; Downer v. Topliff, 19 Vt. 399 ; Stichter v. Cox, 52 Neb. 532, 72 N. W. 848; Clark v. Winchell, 53 Vt. 408.