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Plea :: Plea (n.) That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause; in a stricter sense, an allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer; in a still more limited sense, and in modern practice, the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's declaration and demand. That which the plaintiff alleges in his declaration is answered and repelled or justified by the defendant's plea. In chancery practice, a plea is a special answer showing or relying upon one or more things as a cause why

Opportunity :: Opportunity (n.) Fit or convenient time; a time or place favorable for executing a purpose; a suitable combination of conditions; suitable occasion; chance.

Hazard :: Hazard (n.) The uncertain result of throwing a die; hence, a fortuitous event; chance; accident; casualty..

Run :: Run (v. i.) To encounter or incur, as a danger or risk; as, to run the risk of losing one's life. See To run the chances, below..

Chanceful :: Chanceful (a.) Hazardous.

Job :: Job (v. i.) To do chance work for hire; to work by the piece; to do petty work.

Lot :: Lot (n.) The part, or fate, which falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning..

Scratch :: Scratch (a.) Made, done, or happening by chance; arranged with little or no preparation; determined by circumstances; haphazard; as, a scratch team; a scratch crew for a boat race; a scratch shot in billiards..

Fiat :: Fiat (n.) An authority for certain proceedings given by the Lord Chancellor's signature.

Chance :: Chance (a.) Happening by chance; casual.

Bechance :: Bechance (v. t. & i.) To befall; to chance; to happen to.

Mishap :: Mishap (n.) Evil accident; ill luck; misfortune; mischance.

Hit :: Hit (n.) A stroke of success in an enterprise, as by a fortunate chance; as, he made a hit..

Cribbage :: Cribbage (v. t.) A game of cards, played by two or four persons, in which there is a crib. (See Crib, 11.) It is characterized by a great variety of chances..

Chaud-medley :: Chaud-medley (n.) The killing of a person in an affray, in the heat of blood, and while under the influence of passion, thus distinguished from chance-medley or killing in self-defense, or in a casual affray..

Chancellor :: Chancellor (n.) A judicial court of chancery, which in England and in the United States is distinctively a court with equity jurisdiction..

Surrogate :: Surrogate (n.) The deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, most commonly of a bishop or his chancellor, especially a deputy who grants marriage licenses..

Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To pass or be transferred by chance, lot, distribution, inheritance, or otherwise; as, the estate fell to his brother; the kingdom fell into the hands of his rivals..

Ward :: Ward (n.) A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery..

Venture :: Venture (n.) An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation.

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