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To make an event occur, to cause something to happen and create a result. A person or entity is liable for causing harm to another. Also refers to the grounds or reasons for an action taken, e.g. termination without cause. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition That which produces an effect; whatever moves, impels, or leads. The origin or foundation of a thing, as of a … [Read more...] about CAUSE

Latin: Let him beware. A formal notice or warning given by a party interested to a court, judge, or ministerial officer against the performance of certain acts within his power and jurisdiction. This process may be used in the proper courts to prevent (temporarily or provisionally) the proving of a will or the grant of administration, or to arrest the enrollment of a decree in … [Read more...] about CAVEAT

Highroads or ways pitched with flint or other stones. … [Read more...] about CAULCEIS

In English practice. A printed roll of actions, to be tried in the order of their entry, with the names of the solicitors for each litigant. Similar to the calendar of causes, or docket, used in American courts. … [Read more...] about CAUSE LIST

Let the doer, or actor, beware. … [Read more...] about CAVEAT ACTOR