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Soon before

straight-jacket formula can be laid down by fixing any time-limit. This expression is pregnant with the idea of proximity test. The term 'soon before' is not synonymous with the term 'immediately before' and is opposite of the

Perils of the sea

or their servants, the damage was held to be due to a peril of the sea (as the proximate cause) and within the exception. The word peril, like periculum, Lat., from which it is derived, is in

Regularly

contemplated may not be a punctuality, of clock-like precision and exactitude, but it must reasonably conform with substantial proximity to the sequence of times or intervals at which the rent falls due, Mranalini B. Shah v. Bapalal

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Causa causans

causans, the immediate cause; the last link in the chain of causation. Not the cause of which the proximate cause is an effect but the nearest cause of the damage or effect for which relief is sought,

Tanistry, or Tanistria

the oldest and most worthy and capable house of the deceased's name and blood, without any regard to proximity. This, in reality, was giving it to the strongest, and naturally occasioned bloody wars in families, for which

That matter

That matter, the words, 'that matter' connotes identify of 'the matter' and not their proximity, Vijay Kumar Sharma v. State of Karnataka, AIR 1990 SC 2072: (1990) 2 SCC 562: (1990) 1 SCR

Town

Town, denotes the existence of houses in close proximity, concentration of a large number of people in a comparatively small area, engagement of a bulk of the

Contributory negligence

that it was this negligence on the part of the plaintiff, and not his own, that was the proximate or decisive cause of the injury for which the plaintiff now seeks to recover damages from him. This

unavoidable accident

unavoidable accident : an accident that is not proximately caused by the negligence of any party or that is unforeseeable or not preventable by exercise of reasonable

By reason of

By reason of, the expression 'by reason of' indicates that the 'disturbances' and the 'situation' must be proximately connected as cause and effect, State of Gujarat v. Jamnadas G. Pabri, AIR 1974 SC 2233 (2237). [Gujarat

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