Short Cause
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
A suit in the chancery division of the high court or justice, where there is only a simple point for discussion, which will probably occupy not more than ten minutes in the hearing. A suit may often be greatly accelerated by being placed on the list of short causes, which are heard one day in each week (generally Saturday) during the sittings of the court; Dan. Ch. Pr. (5th Ed.) 836; Hunt Eq. pt I, ch.
4, § 4.
A similar provision is familiar to the practice of the courts of several of the states, but its operation is not restricted to chancery cases,