contingent fee
Law
noun
1An estate for which inheritance is contingent on other factors; compare sense A. 9 (obsolete ).
2Originally US = contingency fee.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in Arguments Late Lord Chancellor Nottingham.
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