Contingent Law and Legal Definition
Contingent refers to an event that may or may not happen;something that is possible, uncertain or unpredictable. For example the trust was contingent. It could also mean dependent on something else; conditional. For example A’s acceptance of the position was contingent upon the firm’s agreeing to guarantee her husband a position as well.
Legal Definition list
Related Legal Terms
- Actus Inceptus Cujus Perfectio Pendet Ex Voluntate Partium Revocari Potest, Si Autem Pendet Ex Voluntate Tertiae Personae, Vel Ex Contingenti, Revocar
- Contingent Annuity
- Contingent Beneficiary
- Contingent Bequest
- Contingent Business Interruption Insurance
- Contingent Claim
- Contingent Claim Against Decedent's Estate
- Contingent Consideration
- Contingent Credit Default Swap [CCDS]
- Contingent Damages
