show cause

show cause
verb present a case, present argument, present cause, present reason, show grounds for associated concepts: order to show cause

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


show cause
An order by a court that requires a party to appear and to provide reasons why a particular thing should not be performed or allowed and mandates such party to meet the prima facie case set forth in the complaint or affidavit of the applicant.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


show cause
An order by a court that requires a party to appear and to provide reasons why a particular thing should not be performed or allowed and mandates such party to meet the prima facie case set forth in the complaint or affidavit of the applicant.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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  • show cause — (Eng law) To argue against the confirmation of a provisional order or judgement • • • Main Entry: ↑cause * * * Law produce satisfactory grounds for application of (or exemption from) a procedure or penalty …   Useful english dictionary

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  • show cause — To comply with a rule or order of the court to show cause by offering law and facts to influence the court in its decision of the point before it …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • show cause order — see order 3b Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. show cause order n …   Law dictionary

  • show cause Law — produce satisfactory grounds for application of (or exemption from) a procedure or penalty. → shoveler …   English new terms dictionary

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  • show cause order — noun law : an order from a court or judge to a litigant ordering him to appear at a stated time to give a good reason why a conditional order should not be made absolute or why something should not be permitted or done in the case * * * Law. a… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Order to show cause — This article is about the legal order. For the NCAA form of sanction of the equivalent name, see show cause penalty. An order to show cause, in most Anglo Saxon law systems, is a type of court order that requires one or more of the parties to a… …   Wikipedia

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