Contingencies

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Contingency \Con*tin"gen*cy\, n.; pl. {Contingencies}. [Cf. F.
     contingence.]
     1. Union or connection; the state of touching or contact.
        "Point of contingency." --J. Gregory.
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     2. The quality or state of being contingent or casual; the
        possibility of coming to pass.
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              Aristotle says we are not to build certain rules on
              the contingency of human actions.     --South.
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     3. An event which may or may not occur; that which is
        possible or probable; a fortuitous event; a chance.
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              The remarkable position of the queen rendering her
              death a most important contingency.   --Hallam.
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     4. An adjunct or accessory. --Wordsworth.
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     5. (Law) A certain possible event that may or may not happen,
        by which, when happening, some particular title may be
        affected.
  
     Syn: Casualty; accident; chance.
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