NEXUS

nexus,n.1. A connection or link, often a causal one <cigarette packages must inform consumers of the nexus between smoking and lung cancer>. Pl. nexuses; nexus. 2.Roman law. (ital.) In very early times, a debtor given in bondage to creditors until the debts have been paid. Pl. nexi.See NEXUM.

[Blacks Law 8th]