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Proximate cause

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Proximad

Toward a proximal part on the proximal side of proximally

Proximately

In a proximate manner position or degree immediately

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cause

a result called also concurring cause compare intervening cause and superseding cause in this entry di·rect cause : proximate cause in this entry ef·fi·cient in·ter·ven·ing cause : superseding cause in this entry intervening cause 1 : an

remote

contingent estate] 2 : acting, acted on, or controlled indirectly or from a distance 3 a : not proximate or acting directly b : not arising from the effect of that which is proximate 4 : small

In jure non remota causa, sed proxima spectatur

In jure non remota causa, sed proxima spectatur [Lat.], In law the proximate, and not the remote, cause is to be regarded. --Bacon, max., reg. 1.--(In law, the proximate, and not

liability

defective manufacture of parts of a wheel by different manufacturers) and uncertainty as to which act was the proximate cause of an injury compare concert of action civil liability : liability imposed under civil laws and civil

rescue doctrine

doctrine : a common-law doctrine that permits a plaintiff to recover from a party whose negligence was the proximate cause of a peril from which the plaintiff reasonably undertook to rescue a third party NOTE: The act

Marz-ool-maut

v. Bibbun, 6 NWP 159. To establish 'Marz-ool-maut there must be present at least the following conditions-- (1) Proximate danger of death so that there is, as it is phrased, a preponderance (ghaliba) of knout or apprehension,

Reasonable

a compelling or dire or absolute necessity at the other--Such need maybe a present need or within reasonable proximity in the future. The word 'reasonable' connotes that the requirement or need is not fanciful or unreasonable. It

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