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Actual cause

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-000338

The direct factual link between a defendant's conduct and a plaintiff's injury. This is often determined by the "but for" test, meaning the injury would not have occurred but for the defendant's actions. It is one of two components of legal causation, the other being proximate cause.

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IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-000338
FieldLaw
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