ABSQUE TALI CAUSA

absque tali causa (abs-kwee tay-lIkaw-z[schwa]), adv. [Law Latin] Without such cause. • In common-law pleading, this was part of the larger phrase de injuria sua propria, absque tali causa (“of his own wrong, without such cause”) appearing in a reply that a trespass plaintiff made to counter a defendant’s claim of excuse. In an assault […]