Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Nexus
A connection or link, often a causal one <cigarette packages must inform consumers of the nexus between smoking and lung cancer>. Pl. nexuses; nexus.
close-nexus test
See NEXUS TEST.
nexus test
The standard by which a private person's act is considered state action - and may give rise to liability for violating someone's constitutional rights - if the conduct is so closely related to the government's conduct that the choice to undertake it may fairly be said to be that of the state. ( While similar to the symbiotic-relationship test, the nexus test focuses on the particular act complained of, instead of on the overall relationship of the parties. Still, some courts use the terms and analyses interchangeably. - Also termed closenexus test. Cf. SYMBIOTIC-RELATIONSHIP TEST. See JOINT PARTICIPATION; STATE-COMPULSION TEST.