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  1. but foradjective

    Pertaining to a test of causation whereby an agent or action is considered to have caused an event (and therefore to be responsible and/or liable for said event) if, had said agent or action not existed, the event would not have taken place.

  2. but forpreposition

    Except, except for, not counting; were it not for.

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  1. but for

    In law and insurance, a proximate cause is an event sufficiently related to an injury that the courts deem the event to be the cause of that injury. There are two types of causation in the law: cause-in-fact, and proximate (or legal) cause. Cause-in-fact is determined by the "but for" test: But for the action, the result would not have happened. (For example, but for running the red light, the collision would not have occurred.) The action is a necessary condition, but may not be a sufficient condition, for the resulting injury. A few circumstances exist where the but-for test is ineffective (see But-for test). Since but-for causation is very easy to show (but for stopping to tie your shoe, you would not have missed the train and would not have been mugged), a second test is used to determine if an action is close enough to a harm in a "chain of events" to be legally valid. This test is called proximate cause. Proximate cause is a key principle of insurance and is concerned with how the loss or damage actually occurred. There are several competing theories of proximate cause (see Other factors). For an act to be deemed to cause a harm, both tests must be met; proximate cause is a legal limitation on cause-in-fact. The formal Latin term for "but for" (cause-in-fact) causation, is sine qua non causation.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of but for in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of but for in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of but for in a Sentence

  1. Jorge Piñon:

    I am not an alarmist but for the first time in a long time I am really worried, you have a number of cumulative effects taking place that can not be solved with band-aids. We are talking about major structural investments in the billions of dollars that could take years to solve this problem.

  2. German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel:

    I can only warn against calling diesel overall into question. We need to be careful not to throw the baby out with the bathwater, in the USA three types of motor were checked, of which two were manipulated by Volkswagen but for a third motor there were no concerns at all about it not keeping to the emissions values.

  3. His Holiness the Dalai Lama, speech? in 1994:

    I believe that to meet the challenge of the next century, human beings will have to develop a greater sense of universal responsibility. Each of us must learn to work not just for his or her own self, family or nation, but for the benefit of all mankind.

  4. Will Dunn:

    For local sales, it’s really been neck and neck, but for shipping orders, we’ve got a lot red states calling in for the Trump soda. He's winning the call-ins.

  5. The President:

    People will feel a material improvement in their lives with $ 10,000 or more in debt relief -- that's $ 10,000 or more that they would not have had but for the President's cancellation.

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