Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
cause of action — 1: the grounds (as violation of a right) that entitle a plaintiff to bring a suit an amended pleading reiterating a cause of action for lost profits J. H. Friedenthal et al.; also: the part of a suit brought on those grounds removed the cause of… … Law dictionary
cause of action — A term difficult of precise definition, perhaps best defined as the fact or facts which establish or give rise to a right of action, in other words, give to a person a right to judicial relief. Fielder v Ohio Edison Co. 158 Ohio St 375, 109 NE2d… … Ballentine's law dictionary
splitting cause of action — Dividing a single or indivisible cause of action into several parts or claims and bringing several actions thereon. Van Brode Mill. Co. v. Kellogg Co., D.C.Del., 113 F.Supp. 845, 852. Commencement of action for only part of the cause of action.… … Black's law dictionary
cause of action — The fact or facts which give a person a right to judicial redress or relief against another. The legal effect of an occurrence in terms of redress to a party to the occurrence. A situation or state of facts which would entitle party to sustain… … Black's law dictionary
cause of action — The fact or facts which give a person a right to judicial redress or relief against another. The legal effect of an occurrence in terms of redress to a party to the occurrence. A situation or state of facts which would entitle party to sustain… … Black's law dictionary
splitting causes of action — Bringing separate actions upon separate and distinct causes of action against the same person in lieu of joining all of such causes in one action. The practice, not permitted, of splitting one cause of action and maintaining successive suits for… … Ballentine's law dictionary
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severance of action — The splitting of a cause of action by a pleader. The severance of issues for separate trials. A method of granting separate trials to sepa rate defendants in a civil action. 53 Am J1st Trial § 55. See severance of criminal prosecution; severance… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Pill splitting — refers to the practice of modifying a tablet, capsule or pill to obtain a lower dose of the active ingredient, or to obtain multiple smaller doses, either to reduce cost or because the drug is not available in the dose desired. Often, pills that… … Wikipedia
Clandestine HUMINT and Covert Action — National governments deal in both intelligence and military special operations functions that either should be completely secret (i.e., clandestine: the existence of which is not known outside the relevant government circles), or simply cannot be … Wikipedia
