Causation (law)
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"Legal cause" redirects here. For other uses, see Legal cause (disambiguation).
This article is about legal causation. For causation in other contexts, see Causation (disambiguation).
Causation is the "causal relationship between the defendant's conduct and end result". In other words, causation provides a means of connecting conduct with a resulting effect, typically an injury. In criminal law, it is defined as the actus reus (an action) from which the specific injury or other effect arose and is combined with mens rea (a state of mind) to comprise the elements of guilt. Causation only applies where a result has been achieved and therefore is immaterial with regard to inchoate offenses.
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