proximate cause
noun[C]
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something that isconsideredto be thedirectcauseofdamage,loss, orinjury:
The proximatecauseof thedisasterwas apieceofmetallyingon therunway.
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Theproximatecauseof the world depression was a structurally flawed and poorly managed international gold standard..
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Itsproximatecauseis the object as it appears.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In other words the prosecution need not prove that the accomplice's acts were either aproximatecauseor cause in fact of the crime.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Theproximatecauseof death was cardiac arrest, a complication of his cancer and ongoing cardiac problems.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is theproximatecauseof septic shock and may function in autoimmune disease.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.More often, it is said to have four (duty, breach, causation and pecuniary damages) or five (duty, breach, actual cause,proximatecause, and damages).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The court found this to be aproximatecauseof the explosion and granted final judgment for the plaintiffs.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The fall was theproximatecauseof death, but what led to it is unknown.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Because of this, neither theproximatecauseof the wreck nor the excessive speed of the train has ever been adequately explained.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Two judges of appeal expressly refused to accept that only an act which is aproximatecauseof death may qualify as its cause.
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