(chiefly UK) An issue or incident (originally, a legal case) arousing widespread controversy or public debate.

(idiomatic) A person or thing that is hopeless or futile.

(colloquial, slang) Aphetic form of because.

(chiefly US) Alternative form of cause célèbre

(law) the case title for a cause of action/lawsuit; a description of the parties involved, such as Johnson v. Smith.

(US, law) The standard by which a police officer may make an arrest or conduct a personal or property search, based on the likelihood of a criminal act etc.

of, relating to, or being a cause of something; causing

(grammar) a word (such as because) that expresses a reason or a cause

A material manufactured by heating sugars with a sulphite and, normally, caustic soda.

(law) A condition under which one party would be entitled to sue another. / (law) A civil lawsuit.