Contingent legacy
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
A legacy given to a person at a future uncertain time, that may or may not arrive ; as "at his age of twenty-one," or "if or "when he attains twenty-one."
2 Bl. Comm. 513; 2 Steph. Comm. 259.
A legacy made dependent upon some uncertain event.
1 Rop. Leg 506.
A legacy which has not vested.
In re Engles' Estate, 166 Pa. 280, 31 Atl. 76; Andrews v. Russell, 127 Ala. 195, 2S South. 703; Ruben-cane v. McKee. 6 Del. Ch. 40, 6 Ali. 639.