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(law) a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy; "the family brought suit against the landlord"

cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"

cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"

That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.

That which is the occasion of an action or state; ground; reason; motive; as, cause for rejoicing.

Sake; interest; advantage.

A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.

Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question; affair in general.

The side of a question, which is espoused, advocated, and upheld by a person or party; a principle which is advocated; that which a person or party seeks to attain.

To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.

Abbreviation of Because.

To effect as an agent; to produce; to be the occasion of; to bring about; to bring into existence; to make; - usually followed by an infinitive, sometimes by that with a finite verb.

That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.

That which is the occasion of an action or state; ground; reason; motive; as, cause for rejoicing.

Sake; interest; advantage.

A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.

Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question; affair in general.

The side of a question, which is espoused, advocated, and upheld by a person or party; a principle which is advocated; that which a person or party seeks to attain.

To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.

Abbreviation of Because.

To effect as an agent; to produce; to be the occasion of; to bring about; to bring into existence; to make; - usually followed by an infinitive, sometimes by that with a finite verb.

That which produces or contributes to a result; in law, ground for action; motive; reason; a side or party; as, the cause of right; a suit or action in court.

To produce; to bring about.

Causeless.

That by or through which anything is done: inducement: a legal action.

That which produces an effect; reason; object sought; legal action.

To bring about; produce.

To produce; effect; compel.

That which produces anything or event.

A reason; purpose; aim.

A great enterprise.

A lawsuit.

An act which precedes another, and seems to be a necessary condition for the concurrence of the latter. The causes of disease are generally extremely obscure; although they, sometimes, are evident enough. The predisponent and occasional causes are the only two on which any stress can be laid; but as authors have divided them differently, a short explanation is necessary.

Any act or state of things that produces a certain effect.

n. [Latin] That which produces or effects a result;—that which is the origin of an action;—a suit or action in court; case;—the side of a question or controversy espoused and advocated.

That which produces or effects any thing, the efficient; the reason, motive to any thing; subject of litigation; party.