superseding cause
superseding cause 替代原因；介入原因 指由于第三人的行为或其他外力等不可预见的因素介入，打破了原来的因果链条〔chain of causation〕，并成为导致结果发生的最近的一个原因，从而使得原来的行为人，虽然其先前的疏忽是造成该损害结果发生的一个实质性因素，但由于该原因的介入而免于承担责任。 (→intervening cause; supervening negligence)
superseding cause
superseding cause
An intervening act or force that the law considers sufficient to override the cause for which the original tortfeasor was responsible, thereby exonerating that tortfeasor from liability. — Also termed sole cause. Cf. intervening cause. [Cases: Negligence 431. C.J.S. Negligence §§ 202, 315.]