contingent interest

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I know there is a trust, though one of no great moment; I presume Lucy has some contingent interest, subject, most probably, to her marrying with her brother's approbation, or some such provision.

From Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale by Cooper, James Fenimore

He would be sustained by the courage of hope, as a kinsman having a contingent interest in a kinsman's prosperity.

From The Caesars by De Quincey, Thomas

Towards the end of 1587 his name, in conjunction with his father's, appears upon a legal form relating to the proposed cancellation of a mortgage upon some property in which he held a contingent interest.

From Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 by Acheson, Arthur

So a prospective buyer negotiated an arrangement whereby he acquired an option to buy the property at this low price, provided he could make a settlement for the niece's contingent interest at his own expense.

From If You're Going to Live in the Country by Lieberman, Frank

I possess a contingent interest in certain books—'Tom Burke,' 'Hinton,' and 'O'Donoghue,' the former after 11,000, the latter after 10,000 copies.

From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I by Downey, Edmund