Citations:but for


 * legal sense
 * 1) 1992, Adolph M. Koven, Susan L. Smith, Donald F. Farwell, Just Cause: The Seven Tests, p. 342:
 * A claim of harassment as mitigation presents a type of "but for" situation.
 * 1) 1993, Gregory K. Fritz, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Consultation in Hospitals, Schools, and Courts, p. 238:
 * In law, "causation" refers to a "but-for" situation in which the negligent act or omission was the necessary antecedent to the harm...
 * 1) 1998, Michael Schatz, Robert S. Zeiger, Henry N. Claman, Asthma and Immunological Diseases in Pregnancy and Early Infancy, p.239:
 * ...Causation in fact, sometimes referred to as "but for" causation, determines whether there is a connection between the defendant's conduct and the injury...
 * 1) 1999, Graham Virgo, Principles of the Law of Restitution, p.255:
 * When the test of causation is analysed in these terms, it suggests that a test of operative rather than ' but for ' causation should be available...
 * 1) 2003, A. P. Simester, G. R. Sullivan, Criminal Law: Theory and Doctrine, p.71:
 * But it is important to realise that but for causation is no more than indicative of true legal causation.
 * 1) 2005, Martha M. Ertman, Joan C. Williams, Rethinking Commodification: Cases and Readings in Law and Culture, p. 75:
 * The concept of "but-for" causation is a "test used in determining tort liability".