chain of causation

A chain of causation means an individual is responsible for an event.

This is often referred to as the chain of causation.

He considered whether the boys' acts broke the chain of causation.

But the missing link in the chain of causation has not been established.

That was taking an unreasonable risk and, therefore, his behaviour broke the chain of causation.

Thus, mechanism refers back from the object or process, along some chain of causation.

In such a case, the second injury fits into the chain of causation, the one following naturally from the other.

If the act should have been foreseen by a reasonable man as likely, it would not break the chain of causation.

Etiology is sometimes a part of a chain of causation.

"It's a chain of causation, with alcohol and stress playing major roles.

The defendant was held liable for the loss, as the thief's act did not break the chain of causation.

Where the third party act is negligent, it may or may not break the chain of causation.

He is a man caught in a rusty chain of causation, and his scruples gives him no escape.

They still had to put the sequence together, to verify that things had happened in a certain order, the chain of causation.

As it was very likely that if the boys escaped, nearby property would be damaged, the boys' acts did not break the chain of causation.

Between the defendant's acts and the victim's harm, the chain of causation must be unbroken.

If, however, the wounds had healed, the position might be different; the suicide might break the chain of causation.

The defence argued that the victim's refusal to accept medical treatment broke the chain of causation between the stabbing and her death.

The precise chain of causation remains murky.

In order to break the chain of causation the third party act must be independent of the breach of duty.

The second accident did not break the chain of causation as it was a natural consequence of the first accident.

It means 'chain of causation,' and is attributed to Shakyamuni Buddha.

This convoluted chain of causation was as confusing as it was ominous.

I don't see the chain of causation by which the specific acts of specific politicians are supposed to have led to the results noted today.

This will be treated as a novus actus interveniens which breaks the chain of causation.