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Contingent claim

Defined in 1 dictionary — Black's (1910)

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

One which has not accrued and which is dependent on the happening of some future event Hospes v. Car Co., 48 Minn. 174, 50 N. W. 1117, 15 In R. A. 470, 31 Am. St. Rep. 637 ; Austin v. Saveland's Estate, 77 Wis. 108, 45 N. W. 955; Downer v. Topliff, 19 Vt. 399 ; Stichter v. Cox, 52 Neb. 532, 72 N. W. 848; Clark v. Winchell, 53 Vt. 408.

Defined under Contingent in Black's Law Dictionary.