Definition of chance

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Chance (n.) The supposed effect of such an agent; something that befalls, as the result of unknown or unconsidered forces; the issue of uncertain conditions; an event not calculated upon; an unexpected occurrence; a happening; accident; fortuity; casualty..

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Chance :: Chance (v. i.) To happen, come, or arrive, without design or expectation..
Chancellor :: Chancellor (n.) A judicial court of chancery, which in England and in the United States is distinctively a court with equity jurisdiction..
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..
Perchance :: Perchance (adv.) By chance; perhaps; peradventure.
Chanceable :: Chanceable (a.) Fortuitous; casual.
Mischanceful :: Mischanceful (a.) Unlucky.
Chanced :: Chanced (imp. & p. p.) of Chanc.
Chancellery :: Chancellery (n.) Chancellorship.
Mum-chance :: Mum-chance (n.) A game of hazard played with cards in silence.
Report :: Report (v. t.) An account or statement of a judicial opinion or decision, or of case argued and determined in a court of law, chancery, etc.; also, in the plural, the volumes containing such reports; as, Coke's Reports..
Orientation :: Orientation (n.) An aspect or fronting to the east; especially (Arch.), the placing of a church so that the chancel, containing the altar toward which the congregation fronts in worship, will be on the east end..
Misadventure :: Misadventure (n.) Mischance; misfortune; ill lick; unlucky accident; ill adventure.
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..
Adventure :: Adventure (v. i.) To try the chance; to take the risk.
Fortune :: Fortune (n.) That which comes as the result of an undertaking or of a course of action; good or ill success; especially, favorable issue; happy event; success; prosperity as reached partly by chance and partly by effort..
Prize :: Prize (n.) That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery..
Chaffwax :: Chaffwax (n.) Formerly a chancery officer who fitted wax for sealing writs and other documents.
Faldistory :: Faldistory (n.) The throne or seat of a bishop within the chancel.
Job :: Job (v. i.) To do chance work for hire; to work by the piece; to do petty work.
Lot :: Lot (n.) Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without man's choice or will; as, to cast or draw lots..
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