law of universal causation

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law of universal causation - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Causation \Cau*sa"tion\, n.
     The act of causing; also the act or agency by which an effect
     is produced.
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           The kind of causation by which vision is produced.
                                                    --Whewell.
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     Law of universal causation, the theoretical or asserted law
        that every event or phenomenon results from, or is the
        sequel of, some previous event or phenomenon, which being
        present, the other is certain to take place.
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