a. Obs. [ad. L. causāri-us discharged because of ill-health, invalid, f. causa cause, reason. In med.L. used more widely.] Having good and sufficient cause. Causary dismission (L. causaria missio): orig. a dismissal from military service on account of ill-health.
1602. Segar, Hon. Mil. & Civ., I. viii. 11. The Emperour Dioclesianus and Maximianus ordained, That vnto euery Veteran, hauing honestly serued … twentie yeeres, an honourable or causarie dismission [causaria missio] should be granted.
