Ob*ven"tion (?), n. [L.
obvention, fr. obvenire to come before or in the way
of, to befall; ob (see Ob-) + venire to come:
cf.F. obvention.] The act of happening incidentally; that
which happens casually; an incidental advantage; an occasional
offering. [Obs.] "Tithes and other obventions."
Spenser.
Legacies bequeathed by the deaths of princes and great
persons, and other casualities and obventions.
Fuller.