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CONTINGENT

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Subject to something occurring or not occurring. 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. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition Possible, but not assured; doubtful or uncertain, conditioned upon the occurrence of some future event which is itself uncertain, or … [Read more...] about CONTINGENT

CONTINUAL CLAIM

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In old English law. A formal claim made by a party entitled to enter upon any lands or tenements, but deterred from such entry by menaces, or bodily fear, for the purpose of preserving or keeping alive his right It was called "continual," because It was required to be repeated once in the apace of every year and day. It had to be made as near to the land as the party could … [Read more...] about CONTINUAL CLAIM

CONTINUANCE

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The adjournment or postponement of an action pending in a court, to a subsequent day of the same or another term. Com. v. Maloney, 145 Mass. 205, 13 N. E. 482; State v. Underwood, 76 Mo. 630. Also the entry of a continuance made upon the record of the court for the purpose of formally evidencing the postponement or of connecting the parts of the record so as to make one … [Read more...] about CONTINUANCE