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51proximate cause — That which, in a natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any efficient intervening cause, produces injury, and without which the result would not have occurred. Wisniewski v. Great Atlantic & Pac. Tea Co., 226 Pa.Super. 574, 323 A.2d 744,… …
52Occasional cause — Occasional Oc*ca sion*al ([o^]k*k[=a] zh[u^]n*al), a. [Cf. F. occasionnel.] 1. Occuring at times, but not constant, regular, or systematic; made or happening as opportunity requires or admits; casual; incidental; as, occasional remarks, or… …
53causes: material, formal, efficient, final — Four kinds of causation distinguished by Aristotle . If we think of an example of something that is produced by an agent, such as a statue, then the material cause is the substance or material that constitutes the statue; the formal cause is the… …
54procuring cause — The proximate cause; the cause originating a series of events, which, without break in their continuity, result in the accomplishment of the prime object. The inducing cause; the direct or proximate cause. Substantially synonymous with efficient… …
55intervening cause — In tort law, as will relieve of liability for an injury, is an independent cause which intervenes between the original wrongful act or omission and the injury, turns aside the natural sequence of events, and produces a result which would not… …
56intervening cause — In tort law, as will relieve of liability for an injury, is an independent cause which intervenes between the original wrongful act or omission and the injury, turns aside the natural sequence of events, and produces a result which would not… …
57occasional cause — noun 1. a. : a mental state (as desire or decision) considered as the occasion but not the real cause of a physical phenomenon (as bodily behavior) b. : a physical phenomenon considered similarly as the occasion of a mental state compare… …
58effective procuring cause — The effective procuring cause of sale of realty is ordinarily the broker who first secures the serious attention of the customer and is instrumental in bringing the parties together. See cause efficient cause proximate cause …
59effective procuring cause — The effective procuring cause of sale of realty is ordinarily the broker who first secures the serious attention of the customer and is instrumental in bringing the parties together. See cause efficient cause proximate cause …
60direct cause — An active and efficient cause, that is, a proximate cause. See proximate cause …
