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ale·a·to·ry /'ā-lē-ə-ˌtōr-ē/ adj [Latin aleatorius of a gambler, from aleator gambler, dice player, from alea, a dice game]: depending on an uncertain event or contingency as to both profit and lossthe aleatory nature of a lawyer's contingency fee arrangement
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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(perilous) adjective
adventurous, beset with perils, dangerous, endangered, exposed, exposed to risk, fraught with danger, full of risk, hazardous, imperiled, minatory, ominous, parlous, precarious, riskful, risky, treacherous, unsafe, venturesome, venturous
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(uncertain) adjective
alterable, ambiguous, capricious, changeable, changeful, depending, dubious, equivocal, in question, incalculable, indefinite, mutable, not fixed, open, permutable, protean, undecided, unsettled, unstable, unsure, variable
associated concepts: aleatory contract
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speculative
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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adj.Random, uncertain, depending on chance.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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Depending on an uncertain event. Usually applied to insurance contracts in which payment is dependent on the occurrence of an uncertain event, such as injury to an insured person or fire damage to an insured building.Category: Accidents & InjuriesCategory: Personal Finance & Retirement → Life InsuranceCategory: Real Estate & Rental PropertyCategory: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
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adj. Dependant on the occurrence of an uncertain contingent event.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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adj.uncertain; usually applied to insurance contracts in which payment is dependent on the occurrence of a contingent event, such as injury to the insured person in an accident or fire damage to his insured building.
Law dictionary. EdwART. 2013.
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