| 单词 | show cause |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshow cause b. In a pregnant sense: Good, proper, or adequate ground of action; esp. in to have cause, have no cause, with cause, without cause; so to show cause, esp. in English Law, to argue against the confirmation of a ‘rule nisi’ or other provisionally granted order or judgement. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > cause or reason > [noun] > reason or ground achesounc1230 anchesouna1250 reasona1250 groundc1275 matter1340 purposec1350 cause1413 quarrel1476 actiona1500 subject1577 spring of action1583 qualitya1586 inducement1593 place1593 theme1594 instance1597 motive1605 impulsivea1628 justifiera1635 foundation1641 rise1641 plummet1679 mainspring1695 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > plead [verb (intransitive)] > argue against an order or judgement show cause1520 1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle iii. vii They..kepen hit withouten ony cause. c1440 York Myst. xvi. 49 For fadir, vnkyndnes ȝe kythe þem no cause. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) ix. 25 Ik had gret caus him for to sla. 1520 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 26 To..shew a cause why he ought not to be..disfranchised. 1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Matrimonie f. xiii*v If any man can shewe any iust cause why they maie not lawfully be ioyned together. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. xvii. §1 Modesty, that wee draw not God to yeeld cause of his doings. 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. 9 To amend it where he saw cause. 1747 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1851) V. 88 The Government of Pennsylvania had not seen cause yet to contribute something towards it. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 265 Upon good cause shewn to the court. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. ii. vi. 118 The Order got into its wider troubles..with Christian neighbours..who did not love it and for cause. 1867 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench 2 360 A rule was obtained..to enter the verdict for the plaintiff..Hayes, Serjt., and Beasley, shewed cause. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues II. 297 If a man has cause of offence against another. 1883 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 11 597 The plaintiff has been defamed, and has primâ facie a cause of action. < as lemmas |
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