Causare
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In the civil and old Engiish law. To he engaged in a suit; to litigate; to conduct a cause.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. [from causa, q. v.] In old English practice. To cause or produce. Causans, causing. Causata, caused. To complain of, to snow cause against, or object to. Causari poterunt et calumpniari multis modis; they may be objected to, and challenged in many ways. Bract, fol. 76 b. Id. fol. 238. 334.
In old European law. To manage a cause, to litigate, (causam agere, litigare.) Spelman, voc. Causa. Si quis causam alterius agere aut causare proesumpserit; if any one shall presume to prosecute or manage the cause of another. LL. Longob. lib. 2. tit. 52. 1. 1, cited ibid. So actionare, (q. V.) to prosecute an action.