cause in fact
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cause in fact — That particular cause which produces an event and without which the event would not have occurred. Medallion Stores, Inc. v. Eidt, Tex.Civ.App., 405 S.W.2d 417, 422. Courts express this in the form of a rule commonly referred to as the but for… … Black's law dictionary
cause in fact — That particular cause which produces an event and without which the event would not have occurred. Medallion Stores, Inc. v. Eidt, Tex.Civ.App., 405 S.W.2d 417, 422. Courts express this in the form of a rule commonly referred to as the but for… … Black's law dictionary
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
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 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
fact — n [Latin factum deed, real happening, something done, from neuter of factus, past participle of facere to do, make] 1: something that has actual existence: a matter of objective reality 2: any of the circumstances of a case that exist or are… … Law dictionary
Cause for Alarm (novel) — Cause for Alarm is a novel by Eric Ambler first published in 1938. Set in Fascist Italy in that year, the book is one of Ambler s classic spy thrillers.Plot summaryNicholas Marlow, an English engineer engaged to a young doctor, one day, out of… … Wikipedia
'cause — (because) conj. due to the fact that … English contemporary 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
Fact — For other uses, see Fact (disambiguation). A fact (derived from the Latin Factum, see below) is something that has really occurred or is actually the case. The usual test for a statement of fact is verifiability, that is whether it can be shown… … Wikipedia
