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causa

(ˈkaʊzə)

a reason or cause

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Noun

causa - a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy; "the family brought suit against the landlord"

lawsuit, suit, case, cause

civil suit - a lawsuit alleging violations of civil law by the defendant

class action, class-action suit - a lawsuit brought by a representative member of a large group of people on behalf of all members of the group

countersuit - a suit brought against someone who has sued you

criminal suit - a lawsuit alleging violations of criminal law by the defendant

moot - a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise; "he organized the weekly moot"

paternity suit - a lawsuit filed to determine the father of a child born out of wedlock (and to provide for the support of the child once paternity is determined)

legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings - (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked

law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

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So with Solomon, Fons turbatus, et vena corrupta, est justus cadens in causa sua coram adversario.

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And then it was a fine report in Latin, which the sub-monitor of Torchi carried piteously to Dom Claude with this dolorous marginal comment,-- Rixa; prima causa vinum optimum potatum .

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Recordare Jesu pie Quod sum causa tuar viae Ne me perdas, illa die Querens me sedisti lassus Redemisti crucem passus Tantus laor non sit cassus.[1]

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Since I myself have been an inmate of a lunatic asylum, I cannot but notice that the sophistic tendencies of some of its inmates lean towards the errors of non causa and ignoratio elenche."

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The university which can claim him on its list of sons, whether in regular course or honoris causa, may be proud.

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According to the ordinary view of each species having been independently created, we should have to attribute this similarity in the enlarged stems of these three plants, not to the vera causa of community of descent, and a consequent tendency to vary in a like manner, but to three separate yet closely related acts of creation.

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A: It is a Latin term meaning 'in contemplation of approaching death.' A gift causa mortis is a gift given by a party who feels certain that death is imminent.