📚 Show cause, phrase. ❓ Definition (Law): Produce satisfactory grounds for application of (or exemption from) a procedure or penalty. ❗️ Examples: 1. A notice to show cause why there should not be a committal to prison. 2. Show-cause notice. 3. In January 1994 the auditor published his provisional findings and the notices to show cause why the ten persons should not be surcharged. 4. On 3 June 1999 the Board wrote to Mr and Mrs Mann requiring them to show cause within 14 days why their legal aid certificates should not be revoked. 5. The draft order nisi that has been filed specifies five grounds on which the respondents are to be called on to show cause. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic