any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently |
a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy | a system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body |
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end | |
a justification for something existing or happening | |
events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something | |