1. a contract whose performance by one party depends on the occurrence of an uncertain contingent event (but if it is contingent on the outcome of a wager it is not enforceable);
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
aleatory contract
n 1: a contract whose performance by one party depends on the
occurrence of an uncertain contingent event (but if it is
contingent on the outcome of a wager it is not enforceable)