Legal Definition and Related Resources of Effect

The effect of a cause is anything which would not have happened but for that cause; and it is none the less an effect of such a cause because it has been developed by something supervening. To do; to make; to bring to pass or about ; to execute ; to enforce ; to accomplish.

noun

• consequence
• development
• effectuation
• effectus
• end product
• end result
• eventuation
• eventus
• final result
• fruit
• fruition
• impact
• issue
• outcome
• outgrowth
• payoff
• product
• reaction
• repercussion
• response
• result
• resultant
• resultant action
• sequel
• termination
• upshot
• Associated Concepts: cause and effect
• chilling effect
• effective procuring cause
• force and effect
• natural effect
• personal effectsforeign phrases: Effectus sequitur causam
• The effect follows the cause
• Verba accipienda sunt cum effectu
• ut sortiantur effectum
• Words are to be received with effect
• so that they may be productive of effect
• Cessante causa
• cessat effectus
• The cause ceasing
• the effect must cease
• Cum quod ago non valet ut ago
• valeat quantum valerepotest
• When that which i do is of no effect as i do it
• it shall be as effective as it can (otherwise) be made
• Novaconstitutiofuturisformamimponeredebet non praeteritis
• A new law ought to affect the future
• not what is past
• Nonefficitaffectusnisisequatureffectus
• The intention amounts to nothing unless some effect follows
• Verba accipienda ut sortiantur effectum
• Words should be taken so that they may have some effect
• Cuicunque aliquis quid concedit concedere videtur et id
• sine quo res ipsa esse non potuit
• Whoever grants anything to another is supposed to grant that also without which the grant itself would be of no effect
• Juris affectus in executione consistit
• The effectiveness of a law lies in its execution
• Quando quod ago non valet ut ago
• valeat quantum valere potest
• When that which i do does not have effect as i do it
• let it have as much effect as it can
• Cessante ratione legis
• cessat et ipsa lex
• Where the reason for a law ceases
• the law itself also ceases
• Officit conatus si effectus sequatur
• The attempt becomes of consequence
• if the effect follows

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What is Going Into Effect of Act?

A definition of going into effect of act is: Becoming operative as a law.[1]

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Notes

1. “Going Into Effect of Act” in the White America Dictionary (New York, Los Angeles, London, New Delhy, Hong Kong, 1989)

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