but-for
Were it not
But-for describes causation in legal and philosophical contexts: something is a but-for cause if the outcome wouldn't have occurred without it.
But for the defendant's negligence, the accident wouldn't have happened.
The but-for test asks whether removing one factor would change the result.
Also appears as but for: But for your help, I'd have failed.
Very near in position
- actualExisting in fact
- factualGrounded in truth
- necessaryIndispensable, cannot omit
- sufficientMeeting minimum requirements
intervening · superseding · concurrent · contributing · direct · indirect · legal · substantial
Assumed but unproven
- alternativeAnother available choice
- otherwiseIn another manner
- absentNot in attendance
- withoutLacking or absent
supposing · assuming · conditional · contingent · scenario · outcome · result · different
Failure to exercise care
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
- damagesCompensation for injury
- injuryPhysical or psychological harm
- harmInjury or damage
plaintiff · defendant · breach · duty · foreseeability · malpractice · wrongful · recoverable
proximate
Very near in position
sufficient · intervening · superseding · concurrent · contributing · direct · indirect · legal · substantial · material
hypothetical
Assumed but unproven
- alternativeAnother available choice
- otherwiseIn another manner
- absentNot in attendance
without · supposing · assuming · conditional · contingent · scenario · outcome · result · different · unchanged
negligence
Failure to exercise care
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
- damagesCompensation for injury
- injuryPhysical or psychological harm
harm · plaintiff · defendant · breach · duty · foreseeability · malpractice · wrongful · recoverable · compensable
but-forcoincidental
Occurring together by luck
incidental · concurrent · concomitant · accompanying · tangential