"show cause" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "shows cause",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "showing cause",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "showed cause",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shown cause",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "In English law, to argue against the confirmation of a provisional order or judgment."
      ],
      "id": "en-show_cause-en-verb-86k3wJOj",
      "links": [
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          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "argue",
          "argue"
        ],
        [
          "confirmation",
          "confirmation"
        ],
        [
          "provisional",
          "provisional"
        ],
        [
          "order",
          "order"
        ],
        [
          "judgment",
          "judgment"
        ]
      ],
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        "(law, England, Wales) In English law, to argue against the confirmation of a provisional order or judgment."
      ],
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        "England",
        "Wales"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tígōng gēnjù",
          "sense": "argue against an order",
          "word": "提供根據 /提供根据"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shuōmíng lǐyóu",
          "sense": "argue against an order",
          "word": "說明理由 /说明理由"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "argue against an order",
          "word": "esittää vastaväite"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "show cause"
}

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    {
      "form": "shows cause",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "showing cause",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "showed cause",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shown cause",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-verb"
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        "In English law, to argue against the confirmation of a provisional order or judgment."
      ],
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          "law#English"
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          "argue",
          "argue"
        ],
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        ],
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          "provisional"
        ],
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          "order",
          "order"
        ],
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        "(law, England, Wales) In English law, to argue against the confirmation of a provisional order or judgment."
      ],
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        "Wales"
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        "law"
      ]
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tígōng gēnjù",
      "sense": "argue against an order",
      "word": "提供根據 /提供根据"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shuōmíng lǐyóu",
      "sense": "argue against an order",
      "word": "說明理由 /说明理由"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "argue against an order",
      "word": "esittää vastaväite"
    }
  ],
  "word": "show cause"
}