foreseeability
1 : the quality or state of being foreseeable [reasonable of probable consequences "
Gerwin v. Southeastern Cal. Ass'n of Seventh Day Adventists, 14 Cal. App. 3d 209 (1971)"]
2 : the doctrine esp. of tort and contract law that liability is limited to losses that are foreseeable see also
Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co. in the Important Cases section