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Cause — • Cause, as the correlative of effect, is understood as being that which in any way gives existence to, or contributes towards the existence of, any thing; which produces a result; to which the origin of any thing is to be ascribed Catholic… … Catholic encyclopedia
cause — 1 n 1: something that brings about an effect or result the negligent act which was the cause of the plaintiff s injury ◇ The cause of an injury must be proven in both tort and criminal cases. actual cause: cause in fact in this entry but–for… … Law dictionary
good cause — Substantial reason, a legal excuse. Pines v District Court in Woodbury County, 233 Iowa 1284, 10 NW2d 574. Legal cause, in reference to the right of the state to dissolve a corporation and recall the franchise granted to it. Wheeler v Pullman… … Ballentine's law dictionary
legal cause — see cause 1 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. legal cause n. The cond … Law dictionary
proximate cause — That which, in a natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any efficient intervening cause, produces injury, and without which the result would not have occurred. Wisniewski v. Great Atlantic & Pac. Tea Co., 226 Pa.Super. 574, 323 A.2d 744,… … Black's law dictionary
proximate cause — see cause 1 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. proximate cause … Law dictionary
The Man Without a Country — Not to be confused with A Man Without a Country. For other uses, see The Man Without a Country (disambiguation). The Man Without a Country is a short story by American writer Edward Everett Hale, first published anonymously in The Atlantic in… … Wikipedia
Just cause — Use in Labor Union ContractsJust cause or Bare sagen is a common standard in labor arbitration that is used in labor union contracts as a form of job security.The labor movement has secured a number of important rights for unionized workers.… … Wikipedia
Year Without a Summer — The Year Without a Summer, also known as the Poverty Year , The Year There Was No Summer or Eighteen hundred and froze to death , was 1816, in which severe summer climate abnormalities destroyed crops in Northern Europe, the American Northeast… … Wikipedia
arbitrary — ar·bi·trary / är bə ˌtrer ē/ adj 1: depending on individual discretion (as of a judge) and not fixed by standards, rules, or law the manner of punishment is arbitrary 2 a: not restrained or limited in the exercise of power an arbitrary government … Law dictionary
