Caveat, Caveat emptor, Cease and desist order, Cede, Censor
Caveat n. Latin. Let him or her beware. 1 An admonition, caution, or warning. 2 A formal notice or warning given by a party to a judge or other court…
Remote cause, Sole cause, Superseding cause, Cause of action, Cautionary instruction
Remote cause. A cause that contributes to, but is not necessary for, the production of an effect or result. Sole cause. The only cause responsible for the production of an…
Good cause, Immediate cause, Insufficient cause, Intervening cause, Proximate cause
Good cause. A substantial or legally sufficient reason for a choice made or action taken or for seeking a particular court order. What constitutes good cause usually rests upon the…
Causation, Cause, But-for Cause, Concurrent cause, For cause
Causation n. The act of causing or producing an effect or a result. Cause n. 1 An action, event, or force that produces or contributes to an effect or result.…
Causa, Causa mortis, Causa proxima, Causa sine qua non, Causality
Causa n. Latin. Case, cause. Causa mortis. Latin. Because of death. Something done or made by a person in anticipation of his own imminent death. Causa proxima. Latin. The nearest…
Cash method, Casual employee, Casualty, Casus omissus, Caucus
Cash method n. An accounting method that records income and expenses when they are received or paid rather than when they are earned or incurred. Casual employee n. An employee…
Carryback, Carryover, Cartel, Case, Case law
Carryback n. The part of an income tax credit or deduction, such as a net operating loss, that cannot be entirely claimed in a given tax year, but that a…
Capitalism, Capricious, Caption, Care, Carrier
Capitalism n. An economic system in which the means of production and distribution are owned and controlled mostly by private individuals and businesses for profit, thus what is produced and…
Cancel, Cancellation, Canon, Capacity, Capital
Cancel v. 1 To blot out, deface, mark off, perforate, destroy, or otherwise physically alter a writing to render it void. 2 To annul, terminate, or revoke a promise or…
C&F, Calendar, Calendar call, Call, Calumny
C&F n. abbr. Cost and freight. Both the initials and phrase are used in offers and contracts for the sale of goods to indicate that the quoted price includes the…
But-for test, Buyer, Buy-sell agreement, By-law
But-for test n. In criminal and tort law, the principle that causation exists only if the harm suffered by a party would not have happened in the absence of (but…
Burden of persuasion, Burden shifting, Burglar, Burglary, Business judgment rule
Burden or persuasion n. The burden on a party at trial to present sufficient evidence to persuade the fact-finder, by the applicable standard of proof, of the truth of a…