Usually means: Event breaking chain of causation.
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  1. intervening cause: Dictionary.com
  2. Intervening cause: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  3. intervening cause: Wiktionary

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  1. intervening cause: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. intervening cause: Law.com Dictionary
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  5. intervening cause: Legal dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (intervening cause)

noun:  (law) A foreseeable event that occurs after a tortfeasor's initial act of negligence and causes injury to a victim, generally not absolving the tortfeasor of liability for injury.

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