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41Material cause — Cause Cause (k[add]z), n. [F. cause, fr. L. causa. Cf. {Cause}, v., {Kickshaw}.] 1. That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist. [1913 Webster] Cause is substance exerting its… …
42Proximate cause — Cause Cause (k[add]z), n. [F. cause, fr. L. causa. Cf. {Cause}, v., {Kickshaw}.] 1. That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist. [1913 Webster] Cause is substance exerting its… …
43To make common cause with — Cause Cause (k[add]z), n. [F. cause, fr. L. causa. Cf. {Cause}, v., {Kickshaw}.] 1. That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist. [1913 Webster] Cause is substance exerting its… …
44cause — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. source (See cause); subject, basis; case; doctrine, view. See thought, belief. II That which produces an effect Nouns 1. cause, origin, source, wellspring, principle, element; leaven; groundwork,… …
45efficient intervening cause — A cause intervening the negligence of the defendant and the occurrence of injury to the plaintiff, without which the injury would not have occurred. 38 Am J1st Negl § 68. A new and independent force, which breaks the causal connection between the …
46efficient — I. a. 1. Operative, active, efficacious, effective, effectual, potent. 2. Able, energetic, skilful, ready. II. n. (Rare.) Cause, operator, prime mover, efficient agent …
47EFFICIENT — ENTE. adj. Qui produit certain effet. Il n est guère usité qu au féminin, et dans cette locution, Cause efficiente. Le soleil est la cause efficiente de la chaleur …
48efficient — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. effective, effectual, efficacious, operative; skillful, capable, productive, competent; causative. See power, skill, agency, cause, utility. Ant., inefficient, ineffectual. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [ …
49efficient — /əˈfɪʃənt / (say uh fishuhnt), /i / (say ee ) adjective 1. effective in the use of energy or resources. 2. adequate in operation or performance; having and using the requisite knowledge, skill, and industry; competent; capable. 3. producing an… …
50proximate cause — As an element of tort liability:–that cause, which, in natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any efficient intervening cause, produces the injury, and without which the result would not have occurred. The primary moving cause, or the… …
