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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 (See also:

Lat. prex, precis, See also:

prayer) to another . The word is used, in See also:

law, of a See also:

TENURE (Fr. tenure, from Lat. tenere, to hold)

tenure of See also:

LAND

land, See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office, &c., held at the See also:

PLEASURE (through Fr. plaisir from Lat. placere, to please; Gr. rlbovii)

pleasure of another . In See also:

general usage it has the significance of something uncertain, dangerous or risky .

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