Contingency
Contingency
A contingency is a future event that may or may not happen. In the legal sense, a contingency is something that has to happen before a contract or agreement goes into effect. Contingencies are common in real estate contracts; a homeowner who wants to buy a different home may make an offer that lists the sale of the first home as a contingency. This means that the homeowner is not bound to purchasing the second home until the first one sells.
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