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Novus actus interveniensNovus actus interveniens is a Latin term which means a new intervening act. It is an act or event that breaks the causal connection between a wrong or crime committed by the defendant and subsequent h [..]
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Novus actus interveniensA harmful act or omission which occurs subsequent to an initial wrongful act or omission of a tortfeasor and which breaks the chain of causation between that initial act or omission and the ensuing damage. See Restatement Second of the Law of Torts, 1965, sect. 441; Letnik v. Toronto 82 N.R. 261, 1993 AMC 768 (Fed. C.A.). A novus actus intervenies [..]
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