any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | the act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning |
a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy | something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary |
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end | a statement in explanation of some action or belief |
a justification for something existing or happening | |
events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something | |