Causa.L

Lat.

In old English law. A condition. Item alia [donatio] fit 6b causam, (&c. Et hoc genus donationis improprie dicitur donatio, cum fiat sub condi Uone, &c.; another kindof gift is made for cause, <fec. And this kind of gift is improperly called a gift, since it is made imder a condition, &c. Bract, fol. 11. A cause, reason, or consideration; the consideration of a contract. Dig. 2. 14. 7. 1, & 2. Fit etiam donatio quandoque ex causa prcecedente, et quandoque ex causa subsequente; prcecedente, ut si dicam, do tibi hanc rem quia mihi bene servisti, &c. A gift is also sometimesmade for a preceding consideration, and sometimes for a subsequent consideration; a preceding one, as if I should say, I give you this thing because you have served me weU. Bract, fol. 19 b. Fit donatio alicui ob causam prseteritam, quia diu servivit, vel praesentem, quia bene servit, vel futuram, quia bene serviet, ifec. A ^ft is made to one for a past consideration, because he hath served long, or a present consideration, because he doth serve well, or a future, because he will serve well. Id. fol. 38 b. Quia, in the civil law, was the proper woixL to denote a cause or consideration, as ut denoted a qualification, and si, a condition. Id. fol. 18 b. Hence the verse, Scito quod ut modus est, a, conditio, quia, causa. Id, ibid.