proximate cause

noun

An event which, in a natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any efficient intervening cause, produces an injury, and without which the injury would not have occurred.

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Meanings

nounproximate cause (plural proximate causes)

plural proximate causes

  1. lawAn event which, in a natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any efficient intervening cause, produces an injury, and without which the injury would not have occurred.

Translations

Danish adækvans
  • adækvansevent without which an injury would not have occurred
Spanish causa inmediata
  • causa inmediataevent without which an injury would not have occurred
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APA

proximate cause. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proximate%20cause

MLA

“proximate cause.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proximate%20cause. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “proximate cause,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proximate%20cause.

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