Usually means: Intervening event altering outcome significantly.
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  1. superseding cause: Dictionary.com
  2. superseding cause: Wiktionary

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

Definitions from Wiktionary (superseding cause)

noun:  (law) An unforeseeable event that occurs after a tortfeasor's initial act of negligence and causes injury to a victim, generally absolving the tortfeasor of liability for injury.

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