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Definition novus actus interveniens in British English
novus actus interveniens
[countable] noun
/ˌnəʊvəs æktəs ɪntə(r)ˈviːniənz/
1
an event that breaks the chain of legal causation and may result in the defendant not being blamed for the consequences of their original action
Example
The judge argued that the claimant's action in attempting to rescue the man amounted to a novus actus interveniens which thus broke the chain of causation.
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