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The definition produced by the accuser
will run as follows: “The man whose act leads to
another's death is the cause of his death.” The
definition given by the accused will be, “He who
wittingly commits an act which must necessarily lead
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to another's death, is the cause of his death.” Without any formal definition it would be sufficient for
the accuser to argue as follows: “You were the
cause of his death, for it was your act that led
to his death: but for your act he would still be
alive.”
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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