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Cause of action   /kɑz əv ˈækʃən/   Listen
Cause of action

noun
1.
A claim sufficient to demand judicial attention; the facts that give rise to right of action.





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"Cause of action" Quotes from Famous Books



... of his suits in the United States District Court, in the year 1869, brought for a steerage passenger against a vessel from Australia, the captain declined to be blackmailed and defended himself. When the matter came on for hearing, Hastings was found to have no cause of action, and the case was thereupon dismissed by Judge Hoffman. Hastings then appealed to the United States Circuit Court, and that court affirmed the judgment of the District Court. This happened as I was about leaving for ...
— Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California with Other Sketches; To Which Is Added the Story of His Attempted Assassination by a Former Associate on the Supreme Bench of the State • Stephen Field; George C. Gorham


Words linked to "Cause of action" :   jurisprudence, law, claim


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