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cau·sa·tion /kȯ-'zā-shən/ n

1 a: the act or process of causing

proof of objective causation of injury by the perpetrator — Alan Freeman

b: the act or agency that produces an effect

evidence was presented on doctor's malpractice...for...proof of causation — National Law Journal

if plaintiffs could establish...that the caps were manufactured by one of the defendants, the burden of proof as to causation would shift to all the defendants — Sindell v. Abbott Laboratories, 607 P.2d 924 (1980)

2: the relation between cause and effect esp. as an element to be proven in a tort or criminal case

must be “legal” causation between the acts and the results — W. R. LaFave and A. W. Scott, Jr. see also chain of causation