SituationDecisive distinctionGate opened; animal leaves independentlyIndependent intermediaryAnimal driven so that it causes lossMovement attributed to driverJudgment based on later-retracted testimonyLegal reliance on testimonyWudu after qualifying sleepOutward proxy for hidden realityOath made but not brokenNo expiation merely from making itCondition attached to an existing ruleCondition marks the point of effect
The point is that outwardly similar sequences can lead to different rulings once the intervening actions and their precise legal attribution are distinguished.