Proximity - Law Dictionary Search Results
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.
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
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
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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
Judicial office
Judicial office, Administrative proximity with judicial work was regarded as an excuse good enough to elevate the administrator into a holder of
German
German {fr. germain, Fr.; germanus, Lat.], brother; one approaching to a brother in proximity of blood: thus the children of brothers and sisters are called cousins-german
order
protect one individual from violence, abuse, harassment, or stalking by another esp. by prohibiting or restricting access or proximity to the protected party [excluded from the home by a restraining order issued because of domestic violence] called
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
Contiguity
The state of being contiguous intimate association nearness proximity
Line
includes any line which surrounds or supports, or is surrounded or supported by or is installed in close proximity to, or is supported, carried or suspended in association with, any such line. [Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of
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