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21Intervening variable — An intervening variable is a hypothetical internal state that is used to explain relationships between observed variables, such as independent and dependent variables, in empirical research. History The term “intervening variable” was first used… …
22Intervening cause — An intervening cause is a potential defense to the tort of negligence, if it is an unforeseeable, and therefore superseding intervening cause, rather than a foreseeable intervening cause.For example, if a defendant had carelessly spilled gasoline …
23intervening cause — In tort law, as will relieve of liability for an injury, is an independent cause which intervenes between the original wrongful act or omission and the injury, turns aside the natural sequence of events, and produces a result which would not… …
24intervening cause — In tort law, as will relieve of liability for an injury, is an independent cause which intervenes between the original wrongful act or omission and the injury, turns aside the natural sequence of events, and produces a result which would not… …
25intervening agency — To render an original wrong a remote cause, an intervening agency must be independent of such wrong, adequate to produce the injury, so interrupting the natural sequence of events as to produce a result different from what would have been… …
26intervening agency — To render an original wrong a remote cause, an intervening agency must be independent of such wrong, adequate to produce the injury, so interrupting the natural sequence of events as to produce a result different from what would have been… …
27intervening variable — A variable , used in the process of explaining an observed relationship between an independent and dependent variable(s) , such that X →T →Y where T is the intervening variable which is used to explain the X →Y relationship. For example, if X is… …
28intervening sequence — Genetics. intron. * * * intervening sequence noun (biology) An intron • • • Main Entry: ↑intervene * * * intervening sequence, a segment of DNA that has no specific genetic code; intron: »The genes of higher plants and animals and their viruses… …
29intervening force — One which actively operates in producing harm to another after defendant s act or omission has been committed. Intervening force will not break a causal connection if that force was itself probable or foreseeable by the original wrongdoer. Kerns… …
30intervening force — One which actively operates in producing harm to another after defendant s act or omission has been committed. Intervening force will not break a causal connection if that force was itself probable or foreseeable by the original wrongdoer. Kerns… …
