For the notion of proximatecause in other disciplines Proximate and ultimate causation For causation in English law Causation in English law Tort law In the law , a proximatecause is an event sufficiently related to a legally recognizable injury to be held the cause of that injury. There are two types of causation in the law, cause in fact and proximate or legal cause. Cause in fact is determined ... to cause a harm, both tests must be met proximatecause is a legal limitation on cause in fact. But for test ... cause of the harm. This test is called proximatecause. There are several competing theories of proximatecause. Foreseeability The most common test of proximatecause under the American legal system ... a baseball at someone could cause them a Blunt trauma blunt force injury . But proximatecause ..., Duty and ProximateCause, 44 Wake F. L. Rev. 1247, 1253 2009 . The full text of this article is available ... complex nature of this and other questions relating to proximate or legal cause, this fluid standard ... proximatecause circumscribes, see Butterfly effect . For example, in the two famous Kinsman Transit ... been cleared. But under proximatecause, the property owners adjacent to the river could sue Kinsman ... that proximatecause should be replaced with scope of liability. Citation needed date June 2008 Historiographical usage The term proximatecause is also used by historians, in the sense of a specific ... have still have set off the war. The distinction between an immediate proximatecause and the more ... of ProximateCause 1927 . Category Tort law Category Legal doctrines and principles ko th .... The primary examples are Concurrent causes . Where two separate acts of negligence combine to cause ... could have been avoided by the elimination of either act of negligence, thus each is a but for cause ... of negligence, either of which would have been sufficient to cause the injury, both actors are liable ... not the cause of the injury. In that case, two hunters negligently fired their shotgun s in the direction ... more details
About proximate causation Proximate and ultimate causation proximatecause in law Proximatecause the linguistic sense Grammatical person Additional persons Unreferenced auto yes date December 2009 Proximates are used in the analysis of biological materials as a decomposition of a human consumable good into its major constituents. What people consider proximates may vary, but usually includes Water Carbohydrate s Protein s Dietary fibre s Fatty acid s Ash analytical chemistry Ash Vitamin s Dietary mineral s Alcohol What makes proximates particular is that the total of their presence in the food must always sum up to 100 . The nutritional information on food containers usually specifies the nutrients in terms of proximates, but these seldom add up to 100 , indicating that the manufacturer left out some of the insignificant ones such as water. Category Nutrition Health stub uk ... more details
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Infobox Single See Wikipedia WikiProject Songs Name A cause Cover Acausesingle.jpg Artist Celine Dion C line Dion from Album D elles Released Start date 2008 1 21 Format Promotional recording Recorded Studio Hauts de Gamme Genre Pop music Pop Length 3 14 Label Columbia Records Columbia , Epic Records Epic Writer Fran oise Dorin, Jacques Veneruso Producer Jacques Veneruso, Thierry Blanchard Last single A World to Believe In br 2008 This single A cause br 2008 Next single Alone Heart song C line Dion version Alone br 2008 A cause meaning Because is the third and last Single music single released in France from Celine Dion C line Dion s French album D elles . It was sent to the radio stations on January 21, 2008. At the same time Alone Heart song C line Dion version Alone was released to promote Dion s English album Taking Chances . ref http www.chartsinfrance.net actualite news65930 22.html ... included on the A cause promotional single. A cause was written by Fran oise Dorin Et s il n en restait ... TF1 TV special dedicated to the issue of her album D elles , in May 2007. She also performed A cause .... A cause was remixed by Dj Rien French producer, composer and remixer. There was no music video made for this track. D elles includes also another version of A cause, called On s est aim cause . It was recorded with music by Marc Dupr and Jean Fran ois Breau , and produced by Tino ... the danceable arrangement of A cause. In August 2007, On s est aim cause was released as a radio ... with A cause. Formats and track listings French promotional CD single A cause 3 14 A cause remix radio edit 3 14 Alone Heart song C line Dion version Alone 3 23 Official versions A cause remix radio edit 3 14 A cause remix 3 41 A cause album version 3 14 References reflist 2 Celine Dion Celine Dion French singles DEFAULTSORT Cause Category Celine Dion songs Category 2008 singles Category French language songs id A cause th ... more details
The Cause may refer to A euphemism for Irish republicanism A euphemism for Loyalism in Ireland disambig Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages Category Euphemisms ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name For This Cause Hillsong Church Album Type Live album Artist Hillsong Church Cover For This Cause.gif Released Flagicon Australia 2 July 2000 br Flagicon USA 17 October 2000 Recorded 5 March 2000, State Sports Centre , Sydney, Australia Genre Christian Contemporary Music Contemporary Christian Length 73 49 Label Hillsong Music Hillsong Music Australia Producer Russell Fragar and Darlene Zschech Reviews Chronology Hillsong Music Australia br Live praise & worship Last album By Your Side Hillsong album By Your Side br 1999 This album For This Cause br 2000 Next album You Are My World br 2001 Misc For This Cause is the ninth album in the live praise and worship series of Christian Contemporary music by Hillsong Church . Making of the album For This Cause was recorded live at the State Sports Centre in Sydney Olympic Park by Darlene Zschech and the Hillsong team, with a congregation of 5,000 people. Album Design The cover artwork of For This Cause , uses Charme STD as the font to display the title. This cover was designed by Chris Perry Graphic Design and Emma Schuberg the second to last album to be design by them . Track listing One Day Reuben Morgan Faith Reuben Morgan Awesome in This Place Ned Davies Dwell in Your House Paul Ewing You Are Near Reuben Morgan I Simply Live for You Russell Fragar Carry Me Marty Sampson Lifted Me High Again Reuben Morgan Here to Eternity Darlene Zschech & David Moyse For This Cause Joel Houston Reaching for You Raymond Badham It Is You Darlene Zschech Believe Donna Lasit Everyday Joel Houston Band Worship Pastor Darlene Zschech Producers Darlene Zschech & Russel Fraser Worship Leaders Darlene Zschech & Reuben Morgan Vocalists Gilbert Clarke, Erica Crocker, Jayne Denham, Robert Eastwood, Lucy Fisher, Scott Haslem, Donia Makedonez, Steve McPherson, Reuben Morgan, Katrina Peoples, Tanya Riches, Marty Sampson, Mark Stevens, Miriam Webster & Lisa Young Music Director ... more details
For the notion of proximatecause in law proximatecause In philosophy a proximatecause is an event ... to a higher level ultimate cause or distal cause which is usually thought of as the real reason something occurred. Image Proximate and ultimate causation.png upright 2.0 thumb alt A Example Why did the ship sink? Proximatecause Because it was holed beneath the waterline, water entered the hull ... cleanup section date January 2012 Each proximate factor proximatecause is an effect. From the above it is known that each effect is the result of a set of proximate factors. This establishes cascading ... cause Because the ship hit a rock which tore open the hole in the ship s hull. In most situations, an ultimate cause may itself be a proximatecause for a further ultimate cause. Hence we can continue the above example as follows Example Why did the ship hit the rock? Proximatecause Because the ship failed to change course to avoid it. Ultimate cause Because the ship was under autopilot and the autopilot s data was inaccurate. Separating proximate from ultimate causation frequently leads to better ... of an effect will be completely explained by the set of proximate causes. If a postulated hypothesized set of proximate causes also known as direct factors does not fully explain all of the characteristics ... Proximate Factors Deeper Factors.... Ultimate Factors Ultimate factors are sometimes called root causes ... or more attractive male offspring. Proximate causation explains biological function in terms of immediate ... male during a mate choice trial. A possible proximate explanation states that one male produced ..., for example proximate causes may be given in terms of local muscle movements or in terms of developmental ... these exist that are the ultimate cause of behaviour. A human biography can only be told in relation ... to reveal a complete picture Mills 1959 . References Greenberg, Neil. Proximate and Ultimate Causation ... 0 540e727287c6e82a85256d28004f99d5?OpenDocument . Alessi, G. 1992, November Models of Proximate ... more details
Image TODatAlwifeStation.agr.jpg thumb 300px High density development in Cambridge, Massachusetts stimulated by Alewife MBTA station Alewife subway station right foreground and TOD zoning . Note the extensive parking above the station, lack of on street parking, long pedestrian crossing distances, and limited ground level retail . Transit proximate development is a term used by some planning officials to describe potentially dense development that is physically near a public transport node e.g. a bus station , train station or metro station . This type of development includes transit oriented development , but, according to some planning officials, can also describe development that is not transit oriented development. Thus, transit proximate development can include results where, despite the location of dense development near transit, the development does not take full advantage of or fully encourage the use of the public transport node. For example, transit proximate development could include buildings with extensive parking facilities typical of suburban locations, a lack of mixed use development housing, workplaces and shopping in the same place , or a lack of extensive pedestrian facilities that would make it easier for people to reach the public transport node. See also New Urbanism Smart growth Urban sprawl Transit oriented development Principles of Intelligent Urbanism Transit village Value capture References http www.santabarbaraca.gov NR rdonlyres 18CE1771 78A9 4B25 BA80 07B7F7162762 0 Chapter 10 Institutional Foundation for Walking rev.pdf use of transit proximate in a government planning document http edf.org documents 2698 Testimony03 03.pdf transit proximate development distinguished from transit oriented development in Congressional testimony Category Public transport Category Urban studies and planning ... more details
. See also Proximatecause External links Intervening Cause at The Free Dictionary http legal dictionary.thefreedictionary.com intervening cause DEFAULTSORT Intervening Cause Category Tort ...Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Tort law An intervening cause is an event that occurs after a tortfeasor s initial act of negligence and causes injury harm to a victim. An intervening cause will generally absolve the tortfeasor of liability for the victim s injury only if the event is deemed a superseding cause . A superseding cause is an unforeseeable intervening cause. By contrast, a foreseeable intervening cause typically does not break the chain of causality, meaning that the tortfeasor is still responsible for the victim s injury unless the event leads to an unforeseeable result. For example, if a defendant had carelessly spilled gasoline near a pile of cigarette butts in an alley behind a bar, the fact that a bar patron later carelessly threw a cigarette butt into the gasoline would be deemed a foreseeable intervening cause, and would not absolve the defendant of tort liability. However, if the bar patron intentionally threw the cigarette butt into the gasoline because he wanted to see it ignite, this intentional act would likely be deemed unforeseeable, and therefore superseding. In order for the intervening cause to be deemed superseding and relieve the tortfeasor of liability, both the act event and the injury must be unforeseeable . For example, assume that contractor A was responsible for fencing or marking a hole in the ground and negligently fails to do so while contractor B is working in the hole. Then, a driver who negligently failed to take his medication before driving and therefore does not see clearly drives into the unmarked hole and injures contractor B. Contractor A will still be liable for the damage to contractor B despite the driver s negligence in not taking medication. This is because, even though the negligent act of the driver is not foreseeable ... more details
refimprove date February 2012 A root cause is rarely an initiating cause of a causal chain which leads to an outcome or effect of interest. Commonly, root cause is misused to describe the depth in the causal ... an undesirable outcome. In plain English a root cause is a cause harmful factor that is root deep, basic, fundamental, underlying or the like . The term root cause has been used in professional journals ... different interpretations of exactly what constitutes a root cause. Many governmental ... reputation, uses the term probable cause. In law enforcement probable cause has a very different meaning. A common view of root cause follows. Every adverse effect is the result of a set of direct ... deep enough one finds harmful factors that deserve the designation root cause. Once an investigation ... of those root causes what are the factors that directly resulted in the root cause as described? Is it still a root cause? The two biggest differences in viewpoint regard the possibility of an outcome having more than one root cause. Single cause The single cause philosophy is based on the belief that there is a single cause for any outcome that, if prevented, would prevent the outcome itself. In this context, the root cause is the cause which dominates over all other contributing factors. This viewpoint results in the identification of a single root cause that provides a clear direction for preventing an undesired outcome. The subjective criteria used for selection of the root cause from among ... the root cause is the cause at the root of the outcome. While there may be nuances in the meanings .... However, the notion of a single root cause is the exception, not the rule. Citation needed date July ... with each exacerbating factor. Multiple causes The multiple cause philosophy stems from the belief that a root cause can exist for each of the contributing factors that were necessary for a resulting ... cause One of the difficulties encountered in root cause analysis is knowing when you have found a bona ... more details
the elements of that cause of action. For example, for a claim of negligence , the elements are the existence of a duty , breach of that duty , proximatecause by that breach , and damages . If a complaint ...Unreferenced date January 2008 Civil procedure United States In the law, a cause of action is a set of facts sufficient to justify a right to sue to obtain money, property, or the enforcement of a right against another party. The term also refers to the legal theory upon which a plaintiff brings suit such as breach of contract , battery tort battery , or false imprisonment . The legal document which carries a claim is often called a Statement of Claim in English law, or a Complaint in U.S. federal practice and in many U.S. states. It can be any communication notifying the party to whom it is addressed of an alleged fault which resulted in damages from which it originates, often expressed in amount of money the receiving party should pay reimburse. To pursue a cause of action, a plaintiff pleading pleads or allegation alleges facts in a complaint , the pleading that initiates a lawsuit. A cause of action generally encompasses both the legal theory the legal wrong the plaintiff claims to have suffered and the Legal remedy remedy the relief a court is asked to grant . Often the facts or circumstances that entitle a person to seek judicial relief may create multiple causes of action. Although it is fairly straightforward to file a Statement of Claim in most jurisdictions, if it is not done properly, then the filing party may lose his case due to simple technicalities. There are a number of specific causes of action, including contract based actions statutory causes of action torts such as assault , battery tort battery , invasion of privacy , fraud , defamation slander , negligence , intentional infliction of emotional distress and suits in Equity law equity such as unjust enrichment ... be granted. The defendant to a cause of action must file an Answer to the complaint in which the claims ... more details
Cause for Alarm may refer to Cause for Alarm , a 1951 film noir starring Loretta Young Cause for Alarm album Cause for Alarm album , a 1986 album by Agnostic Front Cause for Alarm novel Cause for Alarm novel , a 1938 novel by Eric Ambler See also No Cause for Alarm , a 1979 album by Violinski disambiguation ... more details
Just Cause may refer to Just cause , a common standard in labor arbitration Just Cause film Just Cause film , a 1995 legal thriller starring Sean Connery Just Cause TV series Just Cause TV series , a 2000s Canadian legal drama Just Cause video game Just Cause video game , a 2006 video game Operation Just Cause , the 1989 U.S. invasion of Panama See also Just war theory , a doctrine of military ethics Right Cause , a Russian political party Strike for cause , a jury selection procedure disambiguation cs Just Cause rozcestn k it Just Cause nl Just Cause ru Just Cause sl Utemeljeni sum razlo itev ... more details
Cause , or causality , is the relationship between one event and another. It may also refer to Causes company , an online company The objectives and principles of a struggle, as in The Palestinian cause Law Just cause Probable cause A motion to show cause A lawsuit Various definitions for causation in law disambig fr Cause homonymie ... more details
Cause and effect also written as cause effect or cause effect refers to the philosophical concept of causality , in which an action or event will produce a certain response to the action in the form of another event. Cause and effect is the central concept of the Buddhism. see Karma in Buddhism For the statistical concept and test, see Granger cause . For the graphical method in quality control engineering, see Ishikawa diagram . The phrase may also refer to TV Cause and Effect Star Trek The Next Generation Cause and Effect Star Trek The Next Generation , a fifth season episode of Star Trek The Next Generation Cause and Effect Numb3rs Cause and Effect Numb3rs , the season finale of the sixth season of the American television show Numb3rs Cause and Effect Robin Hood Cause and Effect Robin Hood , the second episode of the third series of the BBC s drama Robin Hood . Music Cause and Effect band , an American electronica synthpop band Cause and Effect Maria Mena album Cause and Effect Maria Mena album Cause and Effect Human Drama album Cause and Effect Digital Summer album Cause & Effect Cause and Effect album disambig ... more details
Cause of Death may refer to List of causes of death by rate , a list of causes of death by rate List of preventable causes of death , a list of preventable causes of death by rate Cause of Death novel Cause of Death novel , a crime fiction novel by Patricia Cornwell Cause of Death album Cause of Death album , an album by Obituary Cause of Death game Cause of Death game , 2010 video game The Cause of Death , a song by Immortal Technique from Revolutionary Vol. 2 See also Death Causes of human death disambig ... more details
disputed Questionable cause false cause? date September 2011 Fallacies of questionable cause , also known as causal fallacies , non causa pro causa non cause for cause in Latin or false cause , are informal fallacy fallacies where a causality cause is incorrectly identified. These include Correlation does not imply causation Correlation implies causation cum hoc, ergo propter hoc Fallacy of the single cause Circular cause and consequence Spurious relationship Third cause fallacy Post hoc ergo propter hoc Regression fallacy Texas sharpshooter fallacy Wrong direction Informal fallacy External links http www.fallacyfiles.org noncause.html Non causa pro causa in the Fallacy Files by Gary N. Curtis Category Causal fallacies Category Informal fallacies ca Causa q estionable es Falacia de causa cuestionable he ro Cauze ndoielnice ... more details
A long cause is a case whose trial is expected to take longer than that of a short cause , which in most jurisdictions is defined to be one day. Court rules governing long cause cases vary by local area. Cases will generally be identified as such on the law and motion calendar or on the case management calendar . Category Legal terms ... more details
Wikify date September 2010 If the parties to a case anticipate that it will not take up a significant amount of time, they may apply for the court to designate it as a short cause . Cases on the short cause calendar will get priority since they will not tie up a courtroom for a long time. The time permitted for a short cause varies from one court to another, but usually will not exceed one day. Other traits include, e.g., usually no jury is used. If a short cause lasts beyond its designated time limit, the judge may declare a mistrial and reset the case to be held later as a long cause . Example California According to the http www.courtinfo.ca.gov rules index.cfm?title three&linkid rule3 735 2010 California Rules of Court quotation Rule 3.735. Management of short cause cases a Short cause case defined A short cause case is a civil case in which the time estimated for trial by all parties or the court is five hours or less. All other civil cases are long cause cases. Subd a amended effective January 1, 2007. b Exemption for short cause case and setting of case for trial The court may order, upon the stipulation of all parties or the court s own motion, that a case is a short cause case exempted from the requirements of case management review and set the case for trial. c Mistrial If a short cause case is not completely tried within five hours, the judge may declare a mistrial or, in the judge s discretion, may complete the trial. In the event of a mistrial, the case will be treated as a long cause case and must promptly be set either for a new trial or for a case management conference. Rule 3.735 amended and renumbered effective January 1, 2007 adopted as rule 214 effective July 1, 2002. See also Long cause References http legal dictionary.thefreedictionary.com Short Cause Category Legal terms ... more details
Italic title wiktionary cause c l bre for the play of this title Cause C l bre play A lang fr cause c l bre IPA en k z s l b IPA fr koz sel b lang , famous case , plural lang fr causes c l bres is an issue or incident arousing widespread controversy, outside campaigning and heated public debate. ref http www.bartleby.com 59 4 causecelebre.html The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy third edition, 2002. ref The term is particularly used in connection with celebrated legal cases. ref http www.bartleby.com 61 31 C0173100.html The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language fourth edition, 2000. ref It is a List of French phrases French phrase in common English language English use. The phrase originated with the 37 volume Nouvelles Causes C l bres , published in 1763. History Old French Anglo Norman was the language of the legal profession in England, starting about 200 years after the Norman conquest in 1066 the years 1275 1310 , to about 1731. Some of the Old French used at that time Law French remains in use today as English pronounced Anglo French words appeal, attorney, bailiff, bar, claim, complaint, counsel, court, defendant, demurrer, evidence, indictment, judge, judgment, jury, justice, party, plaintiff, plea, plead, sentence, sue, suit, summon, verdict and voir dire . While there are many French looking words, they may not correspond to Modern French for example, voir in voir dire is a completely different meaning ref name legal French cite web url http www.languageandlaw.org NATURE.HTM title The Nature of Legal Language accessdate May 7, 2010 publisher languageandlaw.org ref . See also Landmark decision List of French words and phrases used by English speakers Media circus Missing White Woman Syndrome References reflist DEFAULTSORT Cause celebre Category French words and phrases ca Cause c l bre da Cause c l bre es Cause c l bre lb Cause c l bre nl Cause c l bre pl Cause c l bre fi Cause c l bre sv Cause c l bre tr Cause c l bre ... more details
Hatnote For the Pulitzer Prize nominated history book by Robert Middlekauff, see The Glorious Cause The American Revolution, 1763 1789 . cleanup date February 2010 Refimprove date March 2009 Infobox Book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name The Glorious Cause title orig translator image image caption author Jeffrey Shaara Jeff Shaara cover artist country United States language English language English series American Revolution series genre Historical novel publisher Ballantine Books release date 2002 media type Print Paperback pages 680 pp isbn 0 345 42758 0 oclc 52427791 preceded by Rise to Rebellion followed by The Glorious Cause is a historical novel by author Jeffrey Shaara Jeff Shaara , a sequel to Rise to Rebellion and the conclusion to Shaara s retelling of the American Revolution . The Glorious Cause consists of a set of 3rd person narratives following the experiences of several notable figures in the American Revolution, including George Washington , Benjamin Franklin , and Charles Cornwallis , throughout the years of the war. One critic suggested that the reader with a passing interest in ... tactical mysteries will find the answers in The Glorious Cause, but little else. ref Edmonds, Curtis. The Glorious Cause review . http www.bookreporter.com reviews 0345427580.asp. Accessed 3 March 2009. ref References references DEFAULTSORT Glorious Cause, The Category 2002 novels Category American Revolutionary War novels Category Novels by Jeffrey Shaara Category Sequel novels war novel stub Jeff Shaara ... more details
A cause lawyer, also known as a public interest lawyer or social lawyer , is a lawyer dedicated to the usage of law for the promotion of social change . Cause lawyering is commonly described as a practice of lawyering for the good or using law to empower members of the weaker layers of society. It may or may not be performed pro bono . Cause lawyering is frequently practiced by individual lawyers or lawyers employed by associations that aim to supply a public service as a complementary to the State provided legal aid . See also Public interest Social change Social justice The Hollow Hope References The Worlds Cause Lawyers Make Structure and Agency in Legal Practice Editors Austin Sarat, Stuart Scheingold Stanford Law and Politics 2005 Gerald N. Rosenberg, The Hollow Hope Can Courts Bring About Social Change? Second Edition American Politics and Political Economy Series University Of Chicago Press, 2008 Margareth Etienne, The Ethics of Cause Lawyering An Empirical Examination of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Cause Lawyers, Vol. 95, The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 1973 , pp. 1195 1260 External links http works.bepress.com steve berenson 3 Steve Berenson, Government Lawyer as Cause Lawyer A Study of Three High Profile Government Lawsuits Law Category Law Category Lawyers Category Legal ethics Category Legal professions Law stub he ... more details
class wikitable style float right margin 0 0 1em 1em Type of variation Synonyms Common cause Chance cause br Non assignable cause br Noise br Natural pattern Special cause Assignable cause br Signal br .... Edwards Deming . Briefly, common cause is the usual, historical, quantifiable variation in a system ..., at least approximately in frequency. This common cause variation is evident from the experience base ... Deming argued that such special cause variation is fundamentally unpredictable in frequency of occurrence or in severity. John Maynard Keynes emphasised the importance of special cause variation ... whatever. We simply do not know Definitions Common cause variation Common cause variation is characterised ... of common cause variation. Common cause variation is the noise within the system. Walter A. Shewhart originally used the term chance cause . ref Cite document last Shewhart first Walter A. author link .... inconsistent citations ref The term common cause was coined by Harry Alpert in 1947 ... a process that features only common cause variation as being in statistical control . This term is deprecated by some modern statisticians who prefer the phrase stable and predictable . Special cause variation Special cause variation is characterised by New, unanticipated, emergent or previously ... knowledge of it. Special cause variation always arrives as a surprise. It is the signal within a system. Walter A. Shewhart originally used the term assignable cause . ref Cite document last Shewhart ... to . for the cite to end in a . , as necessary. inconsistent citations ref The term special cause was coined ... A special cause failure is a failure that can be corrected by changing a component or process, whereas a common cause failure is equivalent to noise in the system and specific actions cannot be made to prevent ... cause. Citation needed date October 2010 One might naively ask whether the bayesian probability Bayesian approach does allow such a probability to be specified. The existence of special cause ... more details
Good cause is a wikt Transwiki Glossary of legal terms legal term denoting adequate or substantial grounds or reason to take a certain action, or to fail to take an action prescribed by law. What constitutes a good cause is usually determined on a case by case basis and is thus relative. ref cite encyclopedia article good cause encyclopedia Black s Law Dictionary author Henry Campbell Black, Joseph R. Nolan, and Jacqueline M. Nolan Haley pages 476 date 1991 publisher West Pub. Co. isbn 0314885366 ref Often the court or other legal body determines whether a particular fact or facts amount to a good cause. For example, if a party to a case has failed to take legal action before a particular statute of limitations has expired, the court might decide that the said party preserves its rights nonetheless, since that party s serious illness is a good cause, or justification for having additional time to take the legal action. References reflist Category Legal terms US law stub ... more details
orphan date August 2011 An Instance Cause was a type of legal process in the English church courts . Legal action in these ecclesiastical courts was either instigated as an Instance Cause or an Office Cause Office Jurisdiction . ref A.J. Willis, Church life in Kent being church court records of the Canterbury Diocese, 1559 1565 Pillimore, 1975 , p. 34. ref ref R.B. Outhwaite, The rise and fall of the English ecclesiastical courts, 1500 1860 Cambridge, 2006 , p. 17. ref ref D.A.Spaeth, The Church in an age of danger parsons and parishioners, 1660 1740 Cambridge, 2000 , p. 60. ref An Instance Cause was pursued by a particular plaintiff against a particular defendant whilst in an Office Cause the court acted as plaintiff. Instance causes were taken between parties in marital disputes, or between members of a community in pew disputes or defamation litigation. References Reflist Category Canon law ... more details
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