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Definition of Aleatory
1. Adjective. Dependent on chance. "The aleatory element in life"
Definition of Aleatory
1. a. Depending on some uncertain contingency; as, an aleatory contract.
Definition of Aleatory
1. Adjective. Depending on the throw of a die; random, arising by chance ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aleatory
1. pertaining to luck [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aleatory
Literary usage of Aleatory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of the Law of Insurance by William Reynolds Vance (1904)
"Insurance ia an aleatory but not a wagering contract. ... It is for this reason
that insurance is termed an "aleatory" contract, in contradistinction to a ..."
2. The Law of Contracts by Samuel Williston, Clarence Martin Lewis (1920)
"When an aleatory promise involves gambling. Every aleatory promise where the
happening of the chance upon which performance of the promise depends involves ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Life and Accident Insurance: Including Benefit by Frederick Hampden Bacon (1917)
"IB aleatory.—Another characteristic of the contract is that it is what the French
writers call aleatory, "or one in which the equivalent consists in the ..."
4. Principles of Economics, with Special Reference to American Conditions by Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman (1905)
"aleatory Profits. >rice down be main- C cost level \ Profits are sometimes
described as the wages of superintendence. There are indeed certain occupations ..."
5. The Civil Law in Spain and Spanish-America: Including Cuba, Puerto Rico, and by Clifford Stevens Walton, Spain (1900)
"aleatory or hazardous (contingent) contracts. CHAPTER FIRST. General prov'ision.
Article 1790, By an aleatory contract, one of the parties binds himself, ..."
6. An Outline of the Law of Insurance by Charles Burke Elliott (1895)
"Being a personal contract, it does not run with the land. Quarles v. Clayton, 87
Tenn. 308, 10 SW 505. § 8. AN aleatory CONTRACT. The French writers use the ..."
7. Translation of the Civil Code in Force in Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippines by Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philippines, Spain (1899)
"aleatory contracts, or those depending on chance. CHAPTER FIRST. ... aleatory
contract one of the parties binds himself, or both mutually bind themselves, ..."
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