Contingency
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
The quality of being contingent or casual; the possibility of coming to pass; an event which may occur.
Webster.
It is a fortuitous event which conies without design, foresight, or expectation.
People v
Village of Yonkers, 39 Barb. (N. Y.) 272.
CONTINGENCY WITH DOUBLE AS-