Causa Sine Qua Non
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
A necessary case; one without which the effect would not have been produced.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A cause without which the event would not have happened.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A necessary or inevitable cause ; a cause without which the effect in question could not have happened. Hayes v. Railroad Co., Ill U. S. 228, 4 Sup. Ct. 369, 28 In Ed. 410.
Defined under Causa in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A necessary or inevitable cause; a cause without which the effect in question could net have happened.