PROXIMATE CAUSE
\pɹˈɒksɪmˌe͡ɪt kˈɔːz], \pɹˈɒksɪmˌeɪt kˈɔːz], \p_ɹ_ˈɒ_k_s_ɪ_m_ˌeɪ_t k_ˈɔː_z]\
Definitions of PROXIMATE CAUSE
- 1910 - Black's Law Dictionary (2nd edition)
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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Also known as direct cause. The result of an direct action and cause of loss to property that sets in motion a chain of events that is unbroken and causes damage, injury and destruction with no other interference. The loss is the result of one event.
By Henry Campbell Black
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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