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contingent
(encz) | contingent,kontingent n: Zdeněk Brož |
contingent
(encz) | contingent,kontingentní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
contingent
(encz) | contingent,nahodilý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
contingent
(encz) | contingent,podmíněný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
contingent
(encz) | contingent,skupina n: Zdeněk Brož |
Contingent
(gcide) | Contingent \Con*tin"gent\, a. [L. contingens, -entis, p. pr. of
contingere to touch on all sides, to happen; con- + tangere
to touch: cf. F. contingent. See Tangent, Tact.]
1. Possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur;
incidental; casual.
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Weighing so much actual crime against so much
contingent advantage. --Burke.
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2. Dependent on that which is undetermined or unknown; as,
the success of his undertaking is contingent upon events
which he can not control. "Uncertain and contingent
causes." --Tillotson.
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3. (Law) Dependent for effect on something that may or may
not occur; as, a contingent estate.
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If a contingent legacy be left to any one when he
attains, or if he attains, the age of twenty-one.
--Blackstone.
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Contingent
(gcide) | Contingent \Con*tin"gent\, n.
1. An event which may or may not happen; that which is
unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something
future; a contingency.
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His understanding could almost pierce into future
contingents. --South.
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2. That which falls to one in a division or apportionment
among a number; a suitable share; proportion; esp., a
quota of troops.
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From the Alps to the border of Flanders, contingents
were required . . . 200,000 men were in arms.
--Milman.
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contingent
(wn) | contingent
adj 1: possible but not certain to occur; "they had to plan for
contingent expenses"
2: determined by conditions or circumstances that follow; "arms
sales contingent on the approval of congress" [syn:
contingent, contingent on(p), contingent upon(p),
dependent on(p), dependant on(p), dependent upon(p),
dependant upon(p), depending on(p)]
3: uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances; "the
results of confession were not contingent, they were
certain"- George Eliot
n 1: a gathering of persons representative of some larger group;
"each nation sent a contingent of athletes to the Olympics"
2: a temporary military unit; "the peacekeeping force includes
one British contingent" [syn: contingent, detail] |
CONTINGENT
(bouvier) | CONTINGENT. What may or may not happen;. what depends upon a doubtful event;
as, a contingent debt, which is a debt depending upon some uncertain event.
9 Ves. It. 110; Co. Bankr. Laws, 245; 7 Ves. It. 301; 1 Ves. & Bea. 176; 8
Ves. R. 334; 1 Rose, R. 523; 3 T. R. 539; 4 T. R. 570. A contingent legacy
is one which is not vested. Will. on Executors, h.t. See Contingent
Remainder; Contingent Use.
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contingent claim
(encz) | contingent claim,potenciální nárok Zdeněk Brož |
contingent liability
(encz) | contingent liability,podmíněná závaznost n: Zdeněk Brož |
contingent on
(encz) | contingent on, adj: |
contingent probability
(encz) | contingent probability, n: |
contingent valuation approach
(encz) | contingent valuation approach,metoda kontingentního
hodnocení [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
contingently
(encz) | contingently, |
special contingent account 1
(encz) | Special Contingent Account 1, |
special contingent account 2
(encz) | Special Contingent Account 2, |
special contingent accounts
(encz) | Special Contingent Accounts, |
Contingent
(gcide) | Contingent \Con*tin"gent\, a. [L. contingens, -entis, p. pr. of
contingere to touch on all sides, to happen; con- + tangere
to touch: cf. F. contingent. See Tangent, Tact.]
1. Possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur;
incidental; casual.
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Weighing so much actual crime against so much
contingent advantage. --Burke.
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2. Dependent on that which is undetermined or unknown; as,
the success of his undertaking is contingent upon events
which he can not control. "Uncertain and contingent
causes." --Tillotson.
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3. (Law) Dependent for effect on something that may or may
not occur; as, a contingent estate.
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If a contingent legacy be left to any one when he
attains, or if he attains, the age of twenty-one.
--Blackstone.
[1913 Webster]Contingent \Con*tin"gent\, n.
1. An event which may or may not happen; that which is
unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something
future; a contingency.
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His understanding could almost pierce into future
contingents. --South.
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2. That which falls to one in a division or apportionment
among a number; a suitable share; proportion; esp., a
quota of troops.
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From the Alps to the border of Flanders, contingents
were required . . . 200,000 men were in arms.
--Milman.
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Contingent use
(gcide) | Use \Use\, n. [OE. us use, usage, L. usus, from uti, p. p. usus,
to use. See Use, v. t.]
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1. The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's
service; the state of being so employed or applied;
application; employment; conversion to some purpose; as,
the use of a pen in writing; his machines are in general
use.
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Books can never teach the use of books. --Bacon.
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This Davy serves you for good uses. --Shak.
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When he framed
All things to man's delightful use. --Milton.
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2. Occasion or need to employ; necessity; as, to have no
further use for a book. --Shak.
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3. Yielding of service; advantage derived; capability of
being used; usefulness; utility.
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God made two great lights, great for their use
To man. --Milton.
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'T is use alone that sanctifies expense. --Pope.
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4. Continued or repeated practice; customary employment;
usage; custom; manner; habit.
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Let later age that noble use envy. --Spenser.
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How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable,
Seem to me all the uses of this world! --Shak.
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5. Common occurrence; ordinary experience. [R.]
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O Caesar! these things are beyond all use. --Shak.
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6. (Eccl.) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any
diocese; as, the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford
use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.
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From henceforth all the whole realm shall have but
one use. --Pref. to
Book of Common
Prayer.
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7. The premium paid for the possession and employment of
borrowed money; interest; usury. [Obs.]
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Thou art more obliged to pay duty and tribute, use
and principal, to him. --Jer. Taylor.
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8. [In this sense probably a corruption of OF. oes, fr. L.
opus need, business, employment, work. Cf. Operate.]
(Law) The benefit or profit of lands and tenements. Use
imports a trust and confidence reposed in a man for the
holding of lands. He to whose use or benefit the trust is
intended shall enjoy the profits. An estate is granted and
limited to A for the use of B.
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9. (Forging) A stab of iron welded to the side of a forging,
as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by
hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
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Contingent use, or Springing use (Law), a use to come
into operation on a future uncertain event.
In use.
(a) In employment; in customary practice observance.
(b) In heat; -- said especially of mares. --J. H. Walsh.
Of no use, useless; of no advantage.
Of use, useful; of advantage; profitable.
Out of use, not in employment.
Resulting use (Law), a use, which, being limited by the
deed, expires or can not vest, and results or returns to
him who raised it, after such expiration.
Secondary use, or Shifting use, a use which, though
executed, may change from one to another by circumstances.
--Blackstone.
Statute of uses (Eng. Law), the stat. 27 Henry VIII., cap.
10, which transfers uses into possession, or which unites
the use and possession.
To make use of, To put to use, to employ; to derive
service from; to use.
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Contingently
(gcide) | Contingently \Con*tin"gent*ly\, adv.
In a contingent manner; without design or foresight;
accidentally.
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Contingentness
(gcide) | Contingentness \Con*tin"gent*ness\, n.
The state of being contingent; fortuitousness.
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contingent on
(wn) | contingent on
adj 1: determined by conditions or circumstances that follow;
"arms sales contingent on the approval of congress" [syn:
contingent, contingent on(p), contingent upon(p),
dependent on(p), dependant on(p), {dependent
upon(p)}, dependant upon(p), depending on(p)] |
contingent probability
(wn) | contingent probability
n 1: the probability that an event will occur given that one or
more other events have occurred [syn: {conditional
probability}, contingent probability] |
contingent upon
(wn) | contingent upon
adj 1: determined by conditions or circumstances that follow;
"arms sales contingent on the approval of congress" [syn:
contingent, contingent on(p), contingent upon(p),
dependent on(p), dependant on(p), {dependent
upon(p)}, dependant upon(p), depending on(p)] |
CONTINGENT
(bouvier) | CONTINGENT. What may or may not happen;. what depends upon a doubtful event;
as, a contingent debt, which is a debt depending upon some uncertain event.
9 Ves. It. 110; Co. Bankr. Laws, 245; 7 Ves. It. 301; 1 Ves. & Bea. 176; 8
Ves. R. 334; 1 Rose, R. 523; 3 T. R. 539; 4 T. R. 570. A contingent legacy
is one which is not vested. Will. on Executors, h.t. See Contingent
Remainder; Contingent Use.
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CONTINGENT DAMAGE
(bouvier) | CONTINGENT DAMAGES. Those given where the issues upon counts to which no
demurrer has been filed, are tried, before demurrer to one or more counts in
the same declaration has been decided. 1 Str. 431.
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CONTINGENT ESTAT
(bouvier) | CONTINGENT ESTATE. A contingent estate depends for its effect upon an event
which may or may not happen: as an estate limited to a person not in esse or
not yet born. Crabb on Real Property, b. 3, c. 1, sect. 2. Sec. 946.
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CONTINGENT REMAINDER
(bouvier) | CONTINGENT REMAINDER, estates. An estate in remainder which is limited to
take effect, either to a dubious and uncertain person, or upon a dubious and
uncertain event, by, which no present or particular interest passes to the
remainder-man, so that the particular estate may chance to be determined and
the remainder never take effect. 2, Bouv. Inst. n. 1832. Vide Remainder.
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CONTINGENT USE
(bouvier) | CONTINGENT USE, estates. A use limited in a deed or conveyance of land which
may or may not happen to vest, according to the contingency expressed in the
limitation of such use. A contingent use is such as by possibility may
happen in possession, reversion or remainder. 1 Rep. 121 Com. Dig. Uses, K.
6.
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