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cause 1. a. a ground for legal action; matter giving rise to a lawsuit b. the lawsuit itself 2. (in the philosophy of Aristotle) any of four requirements for a thing's coming to be, namely material (material cause), its nature (formal cause), an agent (efficient cause), and a purpose (final cause) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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2005) and, until earlier this year, has refused to allow affirmative causes of action against a spoliating party. The district court had dismissed the action because the inmate had failed to adequately separate and number his factual allegations, provide a caption or otherwise list the defendants to the action, and clearly state what causes of action he was asserting. Lawsuits have been filed in a number of juridictions asserting causes of action for injury and death. |
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