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.