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▸ adjective: (law) Pertaining to a test of causation whereby an agent or action is considered to have caused an event (and therefore to be responsible and/or liable for said event) if, had said agent or action not existed, the event would not have taken place.
there but for the grace of god,
there but for the grace of god go i,
but for rule,
but for test,
but for causation,
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▸ adjective: (law) Pertaining to a test of causation whereby an agent or action is considered to have caused an event (and therefore to be responsible and/or liable for said event) if, had said agent or action not existed, the event would not have taken place.
Similar:
proximate,
causal-final,
prefactual,
pre-action,
a posteriori,
a forteriori,
precursory,
presuit,
conclusively presumed,
ex post facto,
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hypothetical,
counterfactual,
official,
suppositious,
conjectural,
purported,
a priori,
automatic,
principled,
opinative
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