intervening cause

intervening cause

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An event that comes between the initial event in a sequence and the end result, thereby altering the natural course of events that might have connected a wrongful act to an injury. • If the intervening cause is strong enough to relieve the wrongdoer of any liability, it becomes a superseding cause. A dependent intervening […]

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intervening cause

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intervening cause (1) (侵权法)介入原因 介于最初的过失行为或疏忽与损害之间，改变了侵权行为因果关系的独立原因。它可以是受害者的行为、第三人的行为或自然力。介入原因可能减轻最初侵害人的责任，也可能作为主要原因而取代了最初侵害人的责任。 (2) (刑法)介入因素 介于先在行为与最后结果之间的因素，从而改变了行为的发展过程，使得某些本来不会产生这种结果的先在行为同这个结果发生了某种联系。如果介入因素独立于先在行为，即介入因素本身不是先在行为引起的，则介入因素取代先在行为成为结果的近因；如果介入因素从属于先在行为，即介入因素本身是由先在行为引起的，则先在行为仍然是结果的近因。 (→intervening act; intervening agency; superseding cause)

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