"Fortuit" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL
In French law. Accidental; fortuitous. Cos fortuit, a fortuitous event. Fartuitmcnt, accidentally; by chance
I can speak of our baby like this to no one else. Who but his father would linger over the exact width of his gummy little smile or the blueness of his eyes, or the sweetness of his little lick of tawny hair on his forehead?
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On a drive in the country, a city slicker noticed a farmer lifting a pig up to an apple tree and holding the pig there as it ate one apple after another."Maybe I don't know what I'm talking about," said the city slicker, "but if you just shook the tree so the apples fell to the ground, wouldn't it save a lot of time?""Time?" said the farmer. "What does time matter to a pig?"
Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness …
Read the complete definitionHappening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous; as, an accidental …
Read the complete definitionIn an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; unintentionally; casually; fortuitously; not essentially.
Read the complete definitionThat which comes incidentally, fortuitously, or out of the regular course. “Adventitious value” of lands, see Central R. Co. v”. …
Read the complete definitionLat Fortuitous; incidental; that which comes from an unus-ual source. Adventitia bona are goods whlch fall to a man otherwise …
Read the complete definitionFr. In the law of ln-surance. A fortuitous event; an Inevitable accident
Read the complete definitionHappening or coming to pass without design, and without being foreseen or expected; accidental; fortuitous; coming by chance.
Read the complete definitionThat which happens accident-ally, or is brought about by causes un* known; fortuitous; the result of chance. Lewis v. Lofley, …
Read the complete definitionWithout design; accidentally; fortuitously; by chance; occasionally.
Read the complete definitionIn criminal law. An accl-dent; an unexpected, unforeseen, or unin-tended consequence of an act; a fortuitous event. The opposite of …
Read the complete definitionFortuitous; casual.
Read the complete definitionAn event which may or may not occur; that which is possible or probable; a fortuitous event; a chance.
Read the complete definitionThe state of being contingent; fortuitousness.
Read the complete definitionCasual choice; fortuitous selection; hazard.
Read the complete definitionHappening by chance; coming or occuring unexpectedly, or without any known cause; chance; as, the fortuitous concourse of atoms.
Read the complete definitionHappening independently of human will or means of foresight; resulting from unavoidable physical causes.
Read the complete definitionAccidental; undesigned; adventitious. Resulting from unavoidable physical causes
Read the complete definitionThe arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident; luck; hap; also, the personified or deified power …
Read the complete definitionFortuitous elegance; unstudied grace; -- used especially of language.
Read the complete definitionThe uncertain result of throwing a die; hence, a fortuitous event; chance; accident; casualty.
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