CESSANTE CAUSA, CESSAT ET EFFECTUS
\sɛsˈɑːnte͡ɪ kˈɔːsə], \sɛsˈɑːnteɪ kˈɔːsə], \s_ɛ_s_ˈɑː_n_t_eɪ k_ˈɔː_s_ə]\
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[L.] The cause ceasing, the effect also ceases; a saying of the scholastic logicians, "cause" being used in its fullest sense; e.g. the flatness of the metal does not cease when the hammering ceases: but cause includes the ductility of the metal, as well as the blow of the hammer.
By Henry Percy Smith
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).