"show cause" meaning in English

See show cause in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: shows cause [present, singular, third-person], showing cause [participle, present], showed cause [past], shown cause [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|show<,,,shown> cause}} show cause (third-person singular simple present shows cause, present participle showing cause, simple past showed cause, past participle shown cause)
  1. (law, England, Wales) In English law, to argue against the confirmation of a provisional order or judgment. Tags: England, Wales Categories (topical): Law Translations (argue against an order): 提供根據 (Chinese Mandarin), 提供根据 (tígōng gēnjù) (Chinese Mandarin), 說明理由 (Chinese Mandarin), 说明理由 (shuōmíng lǐyóu) (Chinese Mandarin), esittää vastaväite (Finnish)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for show cause meaning in English (2.3kB)

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