Legal Definition and Related Resources of Cause

In practice means an action or suit, also a ground of action. Also means the antecedent event which produces a result; a correlative term with consequence. Also, may denote the reasons or a set of facts which are used to define an act, as in the phrases cause of complaint ; dismissal for cause .

(Lat. causa). That which supplies the motive, or constitutes the reason, for any act. See “Probable Cause.” In Civil Law. The consideration or motive for making a contract. Dig. 2. 14. 7; TouUier, Dr. Civ. liv. 3, tit. 3, c. 2, § 4. In Pleading. Reason; motive. In a replication de injuria, for example, the plaintiff alleges that the defendant of his own wrong and without the cause by him, etc., where the word “cause” comprehends all the facts alleged as an excuse or reason for doing the act. 1 Chit. PI. B85. In Practice. A suit or action; any question, civil or criminal, contested before a court of justice. Wood, Civ. Law, 301. It does not include a quo warranto proceeding (5 El. & Bl.), but includes a criminal prosecution (3 Q. B. 901).

(Lawsuit), noun

• action
• action in court
• case
• legal action
• legal proceedings
• litigation
• proceedings
• subject of dispute
• suit
• suit at law
• trial
• Associated Concepts: accrual of a cause of action
• adversary cause
• cause of action
• cause pending
• meritorious cause
• trial of a cause

(Reason), noun

• causa
• causation
• consideration
• derivation
• design
• determinative
• end
• enticement
• factor
• foundation
• generator
• genesis
• goal
• ground
• impulse
• incitement
• inducement
• influence
• instigation
• intent
• intention
• mainspring
• motivation
• motive
• object
• objective
• origin
• prompting
• purpose
• rationale
• root
• source
• spur
• stimulant
• stimulation
• stimulus
• temptation
• underlying principle
• Associated Concepts: accidental cause
• adequate cause
• cause and consequence
• cause and effect
• cause for removal
• cause of death
• cause of loss
• cause of the injury
• cause shown
• challenge for cause
• compelling cause
• concurrent cause
• contributing cause
• controlling cause
• dependent cause
• direct cause
• discharged for cause
• dominant cause
• due cause
• effective cause
• efficient cause
• external cause
• for cause
• good cause
• immediate cause
• independent cause
• initial cause
• intervening cause
• just cause
• justifiable cause
• legal cause
• meritorious cause
• nature of the cause
• originating cause
• primary cause
• probable cause
• proper cause
• proximate cause
• reasonablecause
• related concepts
• remote cause
• removal for cause
• resulting cause
• show cause
• sole cause
• sufficient cause
• superseding intervening cause
• unforeseen cause
• without cause
• without just cause
• proper cause
• proximate cause
• reasonablecause
• related concepts
• remote cause
• removal for cause
• resulting cause
• show cause
• sole cause
• sufficient cause
• superseding intervening cause
• supervening cause
• unforeseen cause
• without cause
• without just cause

verb

• be responsible
• be the author of
• breed
• bring
• bring about
• bring down
• bring into existence
• bring on
• bring to pass
• causa
• compel
• conduce to
• contribute to
• contrive
• create
• cultivate
• develop
• direct
• effect
• effectuate
• elicit
• engender
• engineer
• evoke
• foment
• generate
• give occasion for
• give origin to
• give rise to
• inaugurate
• incite
• induce
• influence
• initiate
• inspire
• institute
• launch
• lay the foundations
• lead to
• make
• motivate
• occasion
• originate
• precipitate
• produce
• prompt
• provoke
• sow the seeds of
• start
• stimulate
• superinduce
• Associated Concepts: causa causans
• causa remota
• causa sine qua nonforeign phrases: Causa et origo est materia negotii
• The cause and its origin are the essence of a transaction
• Causaproximo non remota spectatur
• The direct and not the remote cause is regarded
• Causa vagaetincerta non est causa rationabilis
• A vague and uncertain cause is not a reasonable cause
• Cessante causa
• cessat effectus
• The cause ceasing
• the effect ceases
• Effectus sequitur causam
• The effect follows the cause
• Eventus est qui ex causa sequitur; et dicitur eventus quia ex causis evenit
• An event is that which follows from the cause
• and is called an
  

  Cause in the Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims

  1. English. (1) That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist. Webster’s Dictionary.

  Note: This legal definition of Cause in the Dictionary of Law (English and American Jurisprudence) is from 1893.

  Translate Order to Show Cause from English to Spanish

  Translation of Order to Show Cause , with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Orden para presentar motivos justificantes and other legal terms is available here.

  • Orden para presentar motivos justificantes
  • Legal English Translation

  Translate Pass For Cause from English to Spanish

  Translation of Pass For Cause , with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Diferir por motivo justificado and other legal terms is available here.

  • Diferir por motivo justificado
  • No hacer recusación por causa
  • Legal English Translation

  Translate Reasonable Cause from English to Spanish

  Translation of Reasonable Cause , with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Motivo fundado and other legal terms is available here.

  • Motivo fundado
  • Legal English Translation

  Grammar

  This term is a noun.

  Etimology of Cause

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  e world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms).

  c. 1200, “reason for action, grounds for action; motive,” from Old French cause “cause, reason; lawsuit, case in law” (12c.), and directly from Latin causa “a cause; a reason; interest; judicial process, lawsuit,” which is of unknown origin. In English, sense of “matter of concern; side taken in controversy” is from c. 1300; that of “the source of an effect” is early 14c.; meaning “reason for something taking place” is late 14c. Cause célèbre “celebrated legal case” is 1763, from French. Cause why? “for what reason?” is in Chaucer.

  Resources

  See Also

• Law Dictionaries.
• CAUSAL MODELLING; CONVENTIONALISM; DEPENDENt VARIABLE; INDEPENDENt VARIABLE; INTERPRETATION; REALISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS.

  Action; Arbitrary; Arrest; “But For” Rule; Criminal Procedure; Probable Cause; Search and Seizure; Tort Law; Warrant.

Cause in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of cause.

Resources

See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police Officer
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• cause in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• cause in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

English Legal System: Cause

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Cause :

1. A court *action

2. See causatio

Meaning of Cause in the U.S. Legal System

Definition of Cause published by the National Association for Court Management: A lawsuit, litigation, or action. Any question, civil or criminal, litigated or contested before a court of justice.

Definition of Cause

The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Cause: Those features or characteristics with might produce a particular effect (eg: features that might cause an individual to commit a crime). Causal analysis is a positivist approach to criminology. In order for something to be a cause it must meet three criteria: a) the cause must happen before the effect; b) there must be a correlation between the causal variable and the effect variable; c) All other possible reasons for the correlation must be entertained and discarded.

Cause: Resources

Notes and References

• Drislane, R., & Parkinson, G. (2016). (Concept of) Cause. Online dictionary of the social sciences. Open University of Canada

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