General Zinni's return to the region was then made contingent on the very cease-fire he was supposed to be helping the two sides to achieve.

The deal was made contingent on legislative approval of a minor change in the state energy law.

In the 18th and 19th centuries in Britain, bequests were sometimes made contingent upon a man's changing (or hyphenating) his name, so that the name of the testator continued.

A court decision had adjudged, on December 12, 2008, the ownership to be the result of an illegitimate action; the sale was made contingent on shareholder approval.

The effect of a contract or obligation is often made contingent on the truth of an assumption the parties have made about a past or present fact.

Under that plan, adopted last January but made contingent on the players' acceptance of a cap, richer clubs would give portions of their local revenue to poorer clubs.

The law, signed by the Governor in May 2007, was made contingent on the provision of funding by no later than April 2008.

That multifamily housing is again marketable in central New Jersey shows the folly of "making zoning contingent on market analysis," he said.

The deal was made late Thursday night, contingent on the acceptance of the trade by Sheffield, who has a no-trade provision in his $61 million contract.

The pledge was made contingent on the league's raising an additional $400,000.