单词 | causation |
释义 | cau·sa·tion /kȯ-'zā-shən/ n 1 a: the act or process of causing proof of objective ~ of injury by the perpetrator — Alan Freeman b: the act or agency that produces an effect evidence was presented on doctor's malpractice...for...proof of ~ — National Law Journal if plaintiffs could establish...that the caps were manufactured by one of the defendants, the burden of proof as to ~ would shift to all the defendants — Sindell v. Abbott Laboratories, 607 P.2d 924 (1980) 2: the relation between cause and effect esp. as an element to be proven in a tort or criminal case must be “legal” ~ between the acts and the results — W. R. LaFave and A. W. Scott, Jr. see also chain of causation |
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