Contingent
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
When applied to a use, remainder, devise, bequest, or other legal right or interest, it means that no present interest exists, and that whether such interest or right ever will exist, depends upon a future uncertain event The legal definition of the word concurs with its ordinary acceptation in showing that the term contingent implies a possibility; Jemison v. Blowers, 5 Barb. (N. Y.) 692.