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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 235 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ADVENTURE (from
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Lat. res adventura, a thing about to happen)
  , chance, and especially chance of danger ; so a hazardous enterprise or remarkable incident . Thus an " adventurer," from meaning one who takes
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part in some speculative course of
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action, came to mean one who lived by his wits and a person of no character . The word is also used in certain restricted legal connexions . Joint adventure, for instance, may be distinguished from partnership (q.v.) . A
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bill of adventure in maritime law (now apparently obsolete) is a writing signed by the shipmaster declaring that goods shipped in his name really belong to another, to whom he is responsible . The bill of
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gross adventure in French maritime law is an instrument making a loan on maritime security .

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