Contingent Contract (Defined)
Contingent Contract is defined under section 31, Chapter III of The Indian Contract Act, 1872.
A “Contingent Contract” is a contract to do or not to do something, if some event, collateral to such contract, does or does not happen.
Illustration-
T gets into  a contract to pay C Rs. 20,000 if C’s house is burnt. This is a Contingent Contract.