English Explanatory Dictionary

novus actus interveniens

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A doctrine of law that, in certain circumstances, an intervening event can break the chain of causation between a person's action and its result, potentially depriving that person of legal liability for the result; such an intervening event.

Word forms

novus actus interveniens

Etymology

Latin, "new intervening act"

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