Causa Patet
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The reason is open, obvious,'plain, clear, or manifest. A common expression in old writers. Perk. c. 1, §§ 11, 14, 97. Causa patet ex praemissis, the reason is plain from the premises. Id. c. 3, § 226. CAUSA PROXIMA NON REMOTA SPECtatur (Lat.) The direct and not the remote cause is considered. See "Proximate Cause." CAUSA REI (Lat.)
In civil law. Things accessory or appurtenant. All those things which a man would have had if the thing had not been withheld. Du Cange. 1 Mackeld. Civ. Law, 55.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The reason is open, obvious, plain, clear, or manifest. A common expression in old writers. Perk. c. 1, §§ 11, 14, 07.
Defined under Causa in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The reason is open, obvious, plain, clear, or manifest. A common expression in old writers. Perk. c, 1, 8§ 11, 14, 97.