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Causa






Causa

Latin. That which operates to produce an effect; that on account of which a thing is done; that which supplies a motice, or constitutes a reason.

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Effect
The operation of a law, of an agreement, or an act, is called its effect.

Account
Practice. 1) A statement of the receipts and payments of an executor, administrator, or other trustee, of the estate confided to him. 2) An account is also the statement of two merchants or others who have dealt together, showing the debits and credits between them.

Supplies
English law. Extraordinary grants to the king by parliament, to supply the exigencies of the state.

Reason
By reason is usually understood that power by which we distinguish truth from falsehood, and right from wrong; and by which we are enabled to combine means for the attainment of particular ends



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Causa matrimonii praelocuti
English law. An obsolete writ, which lies when a woman gives land to a man in fee simple, or for a less estate, to the intent that he should marry her and he refuses upon request.

Causa sine qua non
A cause without which a thing cannot be or exist: as, a cause without which an injury could not have occurred.

Cause
1) Civil law. It signifies the delivery of the thing, or the accomplishment of the act which is the object of a convention. 2) It is the consideration or motive for making a contract. 3) Pleading. The reason; the motive. 4) Practice. A contested question before a court of justice; it is a Suit or action.

Cause of action
The fact or facts which give a person a right to relief in court.



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Casuproviso
Practice. A writ of entry given by the statute of Gloucester when a tenant in dower aliens in fee or for life.

Casus foedoris
When two nations have formed a treaty of alliance, in anticipation of a war or other difficulty with another, and it is required to determine the case in which the parties must act in consequence of the alliance, this is called the casus foederis, or case of alliance.

Casus fortuitus
A fortuitous case; an uncontrollable accident an act of God.

Casus omissus
An omitted case.

Catchpole
Officer. A name formerly given to a sheriff's deputy, or to a constable, or other officer whose duty it is to arrest persons.

Causa

Causa matrimonii praelocuti
English law. An obsolete writ, which lies when a woman gives land to a man in fee simple, or for a less estate, to the intent that he should marry her and he refuses upon request.

Causa sine qua non
A cause without which a thing cannot be or exist: as, a cause without which an injury could not have occurred.

Cause
1) Civil law. It signifies the delivery of the thing, or the accomplishment of the act which is the object of a convention. 2) It is the consideration or motive for making a contract. 3) Pleading. The reason; the motive. 4) Practice. A contested question before a court of justice; it is a Suit or action.

Cause of action
The fact or facts which give a person a right to relief in court.

Cautio pro expensis
Security for costs or expenses.

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