CONTINGENT, something casual or eventual. Hence a contingent denotes a conditional event, which may or may not happen, according as circumstances fall out.
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CONTINGENT, something casual or eventual. Hence a contingent denotes a conditional event, which may or may not happen, according as circumstances fall out.