- causa sine qua non
- A cause without which the thing would not have happened; a cause which if it had not existed, the injury would not have been sustained. 38 Am J1st Negl §§ 53, 166.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
causa sine qua non
Look at other dictionaries:
causa sine qua non — /kow sah si ne kwah nohn /; Eng. /kaw zeuh suy nee kway non , kaw zeuh sin ay kwah nohn /, Latin. an indispensable condition; requisite. [lit., a cause without which not] * * * causa sine qua non /sīˈnē kwā non or sinˈe kwä nōn/ (law) An… … Useful english dictionary
causa sine qua non — /kow sah si ne kwah nohn /; Eng. /kaw zeuh suy nee kway non , kaw zeuh sin ay kwah nohn /, Latin. an indispensable condition; requisite. [lit., a cause without which not] * * * … Universalium
causa sine qua non — /koza sayniy kwey non/ 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 S.Ct. 369, 28 L.Ed. 410. A cause without which the thing cannot be. With… … Black's law dictionary
causa sine qua non — /koza sayniy kwey non/ 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 S.Ct. 369, 28 L.Ed. 410. A cause without which the thing cannot be. With… … Black's law dictionary
causa sine qua non — foreign term Etymology: Latin an indispensable cause or condition … New Collegiate Dictionary
causa sine qua non — requisite, necessary condition, vital circumstance (to prove a causal relationship) … English contemporary dictionary
sine qua non — an indispensable condition, c.1600, Latin, lit. without which not, from sine without + qua ablative fem. singular of qui which + non not. Feminine to agree with implied causa. The Latin phrase is common in Scholastic use. Sometimes a masculine… … Etymology dictionary
sine qua non — /suy nee kway non , kwah, sin ay/; Lat. /si ne kwah nohn / an indispensable condition, element, or factor; something essential: Her presence was the sine qua non of every social event. [ < LL sine qua (causa) non without which (thing) not] * * * … Universalium
sine qua non — si•ne qua non [[t]ˈsɪn eɪ kwɑ ˈnoʊn, ˈnɒn, kweɪ[/t]] n. fot an indispensable or essential condition, element, or factor • Etymology: 1585–95; < LL sine quā (causā) nōn without which (thing) not … From formal English to slang
causa — (izg. kȁuza) ž DEFINICIJA 1. uzrok, razlog 2. pravn. sudski predmet, spor pred sudom SINTAGMA causa civilis (izg. causa civílis) građanski spor; causa morbi (izg. causa mȍrbi) razlog bolesti (ili oboljenja); causa mortis (izg. causa mȍrtis) uzrok … Hrvatski jezični portal
