What is a contingent liability? Provide two examples of contingencies.

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A contingent liability is a potential, rather than an actual, liability because it depends on a future
event. For a contingent liability to be paid, some event (the contingency) must happen in the future. Two
examples of contingencies are pending lawsuits and co-signing a note for another entity.

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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a. True b. False

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