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PRECARIOUS

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 267 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PRECARIOUS  , literally, held on the goad-will of another, or on entreaty (

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Lat. prex, precis,
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prayer) to another . The word is used, in
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law, of a
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tenure of
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land,
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office, &c., held at the
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pleasure of another . In
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general usage it has the significance of something uncertain, dangerous or risky .

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