Cause or matter phrase broadly covers virtually every kind of court proceeding, civil or criminal, interlocutory or final. The expression cause or matter denotes a broad category of litigation encompassing virtually every form of court process, civil or criminal, interlocutory or final. 'Cause' refers to actions or criminal proceedings and 'matter' to proceedings not in a cause; together the words are intended to cover the plenitude of judicial proceedings and operate as an inclusive descriptor of matters before a court.