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CASING – a type of fixed surveillance which is done
by establishing an outdoor observation post; the
surveillant stays outdoors posing as a person who
normally conducts his business in such area. The
term use in the police organization while
reconnaissance is used in military terms.

CASUAL PILFERER – one who steals due to his
inability to resist the unexpected opportunity and
has little fear of detection is no plan or
premeditation and he is usually a “loner” on the
job.

CAUSA CAUSANAS – immediate cause and the last
link in the change of causative factors.

CAUSALITY – the concept of causality is based on the
idea that one event is the result of another
event. The stories about the cause of disease, for
example, have evolved over time

CAUSE OF ACTION – is the act or omission by which
a party violates a right of another. It has two
elements - 1) the right of plaintiff, and 2) the
violation of such right by the defendant.

CAUSE OF DEATH – a declaration of by what means
and by whom the declarant was injured is within
the purview of the term “the cause of the
declarant’s death” in a dying declaration.

CAUSEWAY – a bridge or raised way constructed
over marshy land or water. It may be either an
earth fill or bridge type structure.

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