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Fate :: Fate (n.) The element of chance in the affairs of life; the unforeseen and unestimated conitions considered as a force shaping events; fortune; esp., opposing circumstances against which it is useless to struggle; as, fate was, or the fates were, against him..

Raffle :: Raffle (v.) A kind of lottery, in which several persons pay, in shares, the value of something put up as a stake, and then determine by chance (as by casting dice) which one of them shall become the sole possessor..

Chancery :: Chancery (n.) In England, formerly, the highest court of judicature next to the Parliament, exercising jurisdiction at law, but chiefly in equity; but under the jurisdiction act of 1873 it became the chancery division of the High Court of Justice, and now exercises jurisdiction only in equity..

Random :: Random (a.) Going at random or by chance; done or made at hazard, or without settled direction, aim, or purpose; hazarded without previous calculation; left to chance; haphazard; as, a random guess..

Happily :: Happily (adv.) By chance; peradventure; haply.

Aventure :: Aventure (n.) Accident; chance; adventure.

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..

Percase :: Percase (adv.) Perhaps; perchance.

Case :: Case (n.) Chance; accident; hap; opportunity.

Rub :: Rub (n.) A chance.

Folio :: Folio (n.) A leaf containing a certain number of words, hence, a certain number of words in a writing, as in England, in law proceedings 72, and in chancery, 90; in New York, 100 words..

Venture :: Venture (v. i.) To make a venture; to run a hazard or risk; to take the chances.

Fortunate :: Fortunate (n.) Coming by good luck or favorable chance; bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain; presaging happiness; auspicious; as, a fortunate event; a fortunate concurrence of circumstances; a fortunate investment..

Cancelli :: Cancelli (v. t.) An interwoven or latticed wall or inclosure; latticework, rails, or crossbars, as around the bar of a court of justice, between the chancel and the nave of a church, or in a window..

Spigurnel :: Spigurnel (n.) Formerly the title of the sealer of writs in chancery.

Mischance :: Mischance (v. i.) To happen by mischance.

Sergeant :: Sergeant (n.) Formerly, in England, an officer nearly answering to the more modern bailiff of the hundred; also, an officer whose duty was to attend on the king, and on the lord high steward in court, to arrest traitors and other offenders. He is now called sergeant-at-arms, and two of these officers, by allowance of the sovereign, attend on the houses of Parliament (one for each house) to execute their commands, and another attends the Court Chancery..

Aventure :: Aventure (n.) A mischance causing a person's death without felony, as by drowning, or falling into the fire..

Apothesis :: Apothesis (n.) A place on the south side of the chancel in the primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, etc..

Prize :: Prize (n.) That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery..

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