(chiefly US) Alternative form of cause célèbre

(US, law) The standard by which a police officer may make an arrest or conduct a personal or property search, based on the likelihood of a criminal act etc.

(law) A condition under which one party would be entitled to sue another. / (law) A civil lawsuit.

(medicine) A cause for an effect in a system that is not a constituent of that system, especially causes of personal health problems or death, such as poison, weapon wounds, or accident.

plural of external cause

(law, England, Wales) In English law, to argue against the confirmation of a provisional order or judgment.

(Scotland) A time of trial or difficulty.

(philosophy, natural science) The stuff or matter of which something is made.

(philosophy, natural science) The purpose, goal, or end fulfilled by a thing.

(philosophy, natural science) The being or event which physically brings about the change or motion that produces another occurrence or thing.