Causation
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
See Causa Proxima.
See Causa Proxima.
CAUSAT0R (Lat.).
A litigant; one who takes the part of the plaintiff or defendant in a suit. CAUSE (Lat. causa). In Civil Law. The consideration or motive for making a contract.
Dig. 2. 14. 7; Toullier, liv. 3, tit. 3, c. 2, § 4; 1 Abb. 28.
In Pleading. Reason; motive. In a replication de injuria, for example, the plaintiff alleges that the defendant of his own wrong and without the cause by him, etc., where the word cause comprehends all the facts alleged as an excuse or reason for doing the act.
8 Co. 67; 11 East 451; 1 Chit. PI. 585.
In Practice. A suit or action. Any question, civil or criminal, contested before a court of justice.
Wood, Civ. Law 301.
It was held to relate to civil actions only, and not to embrace quo warranto; 5 E. & B. 1.
See Logan v. Small, 43 Mo. 254; 3 Q. B. 901.