(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:58:57

A*ven"ture (?; 135), n. [See Adventure, n.]

1.

Accident; chance; adventure.

[Obs.]

Chaucer.

2. OldLaw

A mischance causing a person's death without felony, as by drowning, or falling into the fire.

 

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