Causally - Law Dictionary Search Results
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causal 1 : of, relating to, or constituting a cause [ negligence] 2 : involving causation or a cause [no relationship between driving without insurance and the accident "National Law Journal"] [a link exists between the deceptive act and the injury "National Law Journal"] 3 : arising from a cause ...
causality
causality pl: -ties : the relationship between cause and effect ...
infinite regress
A causal relationship transmitted through an indefinite number of terms in a series with no term that begins the causal chain...
causative
causative 1 : effective or operating as a cause [the negligent act] 2 : causal [the link between stress and coronary artery disease "National Law Journal"] ...
chain of causation
chain of causation :the causal connection between an original cause and its subsequent effects esp. as a basis for criminal or civil liability [intervening acts of third parties will not break the chain of causation "Brownell v. Figel, 950 F.2d 1285 (1991)"] see also nexus ...
direct
direct 1 : to order with authority [the testator ed that the car go to his niece] 2 : to order entry of (a verdict) without jury consideration [the court ed a verdict in favor of the defendant] 3 : to act as director of vi : to act as director adj 1 a : stemming immediately from a source [ costs] [a claim] compare derivative b : being or passing in a straight line from parent to offspring : lineal [a ancestor] compare collateral 2 : marked by absence of any intervening agency, instrumentality, or influence [ consequences] 3 : effected by the action of the people or the electorate and not by representatives [ democracy] 4 : characterized by close logical, causal, or consequential relationship [a interest in the outcome of the litigation] di·rect·ly adv n : direct examination [testimony given on ] ...
Causal
Relating to a cause or causes inplying or containing a cause or causes expressing a cause causative...
Causality
The agency of a cause the action or power of a cause in producing its effect...
Causally
According to the order or series of causes by tracing effects to causes...
En
A prefix signifying in or into used in many English words chiefly those borrowed from the French Some English words are written indifferently with en or in For ease of pronunciation it is commonly changed to em before p b and m as in employ embody emmew It is sometimes used to give a causal force as in enable enfeeble to cause to be or to make able or feeble and sometimes merely gives an intensive force as in enchasten See In...
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