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1proximate cause — see cause 1 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. proximate cause …
2proximate — [präk′sə mət] adj. [LL proximatus, pp. of proximare, to come near < L proximus, nearest, superl. of prope, near] 1. next or nearest in space, order, time, etc. 2. nearly accurate; approximate proximately adv …
3Proximate and ultimate causation — For the notion of proximate cause in law, see proximate cause. In philosophy a proximate cause is an event which is closest to, or immediately responsible for causing, some observed result. This exists in contrast to a higher level ultimate cause …
4Proximate — Analysis A*nal y*sis, n.; pl. {Analyses}. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to unloose, to dissolve, to resolve into its elements; ? up + ? to loose. See {Loose}.] 1. A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent …
5proximate cause — That which, in a natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any efficient intervening cause, produces injury, and without which the result would not have occurred. Wisniewski v. Great Atlantic & Pac. Tea Co., 226 Pa.Super. 574, 323 A.2d 744,… …
6proximate — prox|i|mate [ˈprɔksımıt US ˈpra:k ] adj formal [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of proximare to go near , from proximus nearest, next ] 1.) a proximate cause is a direct one 2.) nearest in time, order, or family relationship …
7proximate — adjective formal 1 nearest in time, order, or family relationship 2 a proximate cause is a direct one proximately adverb …
8proximate — proximately, adv. proximateness, n. proximation /prok seuh may sheuhn/, n. /prok seuh mit/, adj. 1. next; nearest; immediately before or after in order, place, occurrence, etc. 2. close; very near. 3. approximate; fairly accurate. 4. forthcoming; …
9proximate — prox•i•mate [[t]ˈprɒk sə mɪt[/t]] adj. 1) next; nearest; immediately before or after in order, place, occurrence, etc 2) close; very near 3) forthcoming; imminent 4) approximate; fairly accurate • Etymology: 1590–1600; < LL proximātus, ptp. of …
10proximate — Immediate; nearest; direct, next in order. In its legal sense, closest in causal connection. Armijo v. World Ins. Co., 78 N.M. 204, 429 P.2d 904, 905. Next in relation to cause and effect …
