but for test

but-for test. Tort & criminal law. The doctrine that causation exists only when the result would not have occurred without the party’s conduct. — Also termed (in criminal law) had-not test. See but-for cause under CAUSE(1). [Cases: Criminal Law 26; Negligence 379. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 44–45, 1110.]
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