CAUSA CAUSAE EST CAUSA CAUSATI

causa causae est causa causati (kaw-z<<schwa>> kaw-zee est kaw-z<<schwa>> kaw-zay-tI). [Latin “the cause of a cause is the cause of the thing caused”] Torts. The principle that the cause of the cause (rather than only the immediate cause) should also be considered as the cause of the effect. [Blacks Law 8th]