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contingency with a double aspect.A contingent remainder existing along with a second remainder, the latter taking the remainder only if the first fails. • In the following example, this type of remainder would arise if A never has children: “to A for life, and if A has children, then to the children and their heirs…

contingency reserve.See contingent fund under FUND. [Blacks Law 8th]

contingency fee.See CONTINGENT FEE. [Blacks Law 8th]

contingency beneficiary.See contingent beneficiary (1) under BENEFICIARY. [Blacks Law 8th]

contingency (k<<schwa>>n-tin-j<<schwa>>n-see).1. An event that may or may not occur; a possibility. 2. The condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty. 3.CONTINGENT FEE. [Blacks Law 8th]

Continental Congress.The first national governmental assembly in the United States, formed in 1774 to protest British treatment of the colonies. • The Second Continental Congress, commencing in 1775, adopted the Decla-ration of Independence and served as the national government until the Articles of Confederation were ratified in 1781. [Blacks Law 8th]

contiguous zone.Int’l law. An area abutting and extending beyond the territorial sea, in which countries have limited powers to enforce customs as well as fiscal, sanitary, and immigration laws. [Cases: International Law  7. C.J.S. International Law §§ 23–24.] [Blacks Law 8th]

contiguous (k<<schwa>>n-tig-yoo-<<schwa>>s), adj.1. Touching at a point or along a boundary; ADJOINING <Texas and Oklahoma are contiguous>.2. Near in time or sequence; successive <contiguous thunder and lightning>. [Blacks Law 8th]

contiguity (kon-ti-gyoo-<<schwa>>-tee), n. The state or condition of being contiguous <contiguity existed be-tween the two adjoining tracts of land>. [Blacks Law 8th]

contextual zoning.See ZONING. [Blacks Law 8th]