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nex·us /'nek-səs/ n pl nex·us·es or nexus /-səs, -ˌsüs/ [Latin, bond, tie, from nectere to bind]: a connection or link between things, persons, or events esp. that is or is part of a chain of causation
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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affiliation, alliance, association, attachment, bond, bridge, connecting link, connection, connective, coupling, interconnection, intermedium, interrelation, kinship, liaison, link, privity, relation, relationship, thread, tie, union, vinculum
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attachment (act of affixing), connection (fastening), contact (touching), liaison, privity, relation (connection), sequence
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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a tie or connection. The phrase often encountered was legal nexus.
Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001.