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Adventure

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Fr. and Eng. [from Lat. advenire, to happen.] A chance, or accident. En adventure si; in case.

Kelham.

See Misadventure. A risk, or hazard; an enterprise, [L. Lat. periclitatio, adventura;] a thing sent to sea, at the risk of the person sending it.

Whishaw.

Something which a seaman is permitted to carry abroad with a view to sell for profit.

Webster.