|
 |
||
 |
| This dictionary contains: 8526 juridical terms |
 |
Proximate cause
|
|
Proximate causeThe last negligent act which contributes to an injury. A person generally is liable only if an injury was proximately caused by his or her action or by his or her failure to act when he or she had a duty to act.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Injury
Any legal harm, wrong or damage done to a person's body, property, rights or reputation, and that the law recognizes as deserving of redress.
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Liable
Legally responsible.
Action
1) French commercial. Stock in a company, shares in a corporation. 2)Civil law. An action instituted to avoid a sale onaccount of some Vice or defect in the thing sold which readers it either absolutely useless, or its use so inconvenient and, imperfect, that it must be, supposed the buyer would not have purchased it, had he known of the vice.
Failure
A total defect; an omission; a non-performance. Failure also signifies a stoppage of payment; as, there has been a failure to-day, some one has stopped payment.
When
1) At which time, in wills, standing by itself unqualified and unexplained, this is a word of condition denoting the time at which the gift is to continence. 2) The context of a will may show that the word when is to be applied to the possession only, not to the vesting of a legacy; but to justify this construction, there must be circumstances, or other expressions in the will, showing such to have been the testator's intent.
Act
1) Civil law, contracts. A writing which states in a legal form that a thing has been said, done, or agreed. 2) Evidence. The act of one of several conspirators, performed inpursuance of the common design, is evidence against all of them.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Proxenetae
Civil law. Among the Romans these were persons whose functions somewhat resembled the brokers of modern commercial nations.
Proximity
Kindred between two persons.
Proxy
A person, appointed in the place of another, to represent him.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Provisions
Food for man; victuals.
Proviso
The name of a clause inserted in an act of the legislature, a deed, a written agreement, or other instrument, which generally contains a condition that a certain thing shall or shall not be done, in order that an agreement contained in another clause shall take effect.
Provocation
The act of inciting another to do something.
Provost
A title given to the chief of some corporations or societies. In France, this title was formerly given to some presiding judges. The word is derived from the Latin praepositus.
Proxenetae
Civil law. Among the Romans these were persons whose functions somewhat resembled the brokers of modern commercial nations.
Proximate cause
Proximity
Kindred between two persons.
Proxy
A person, appointed in the place of another, to represent him.
Prudent mariner doctrine
A term derived from a warning printed on close area navigation charts published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States, which reads as follows: "The prudent mariner will not rely solely on any single aid to navigation, particularly on floating aids."
Prujiner, alain
Traites et documents internationaux usuels en droit du commerce international/Treaties and International Documents used in International Trade Law.
Prussian code
Allgemeines Landrecht. This code is also known by the name of Codex Fredericianus, or Frederician code. It was compiled by order of Frederic H., by the minister of justice, Samuel V. Cocceji, who completed, a part of it before his death, in 1755.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Injury
Any legal harm, wrong or damage done to a person's body, property, rights or reputation, and that the law recognizes as deserving of redress.
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Liable
Legally responsible.
Action
1) French commercial. Stock in a company, shares in a corporation. 2)Civil law. An action instituted to avoid a sale onaccount of some Vice or defect in the thing sold which readers it either absolutely useless, or its use so inconvenient and, imperfect, that it must be, supposed the buyer would not have purchased it, had he known of the vice.
Failure
A total defect; an omission; a non-performance. Failure also signifies a stoppage of payment; as, there has been a failure to-day, some one has stopped payment.
When
1) At which time, in wills, standing by itself unqualified and unexplained, this is a word of condition denoting the time at which the gift is to continence. 2) The context of a will may show that the word when is to be applied to the possession only, not to the vesting of a legacy; but to justify this construction, there must be circumstances, or other expressions in the will, showing such to have been the testator's intent.
Act
1) Civil law, contracts. A writing which states in a legal form that a thing has been said, done, or agreed. 2) Evidence. The act of one of several conspirators, performed inpursuance of the common design, is evidence against all of them.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Proxenetae
Civil law. Among the Romans these were persons whose functions somewhat resembled the brokers of modern commercial nations.
Proximity
Kindred between two persons.
Proxy
A person, appointed in the place of another, to represent him.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Provisions
Food for man; victuals.
Proviso
The name of a clause inserted in an act of the legislature, a deed, a written agreement, or other instrument, which generally contains a condition that a certain thing shall or shall not be done, in order that an agreement contained in another clause shall take effect.
Provocation
The act of inciting another to do something.
Provost
A title given to the chief of some corporations or societies. In France, this title was formerly given to some presiding judges. The word is derived from the Latin praepositus.
Proxenetae
Civil law. Among the Romans these were persons whose functions somewhat resembled the brokers of modern commercial nations.
Proximate cause
Proximity
Kindred between two persons.
Proxy
A person, appointed in the place of another, to represent him.
Prudent mariner doctrine
A term derived from a warning printed on close area navigation charts published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States, which reads as follows: "The prudent mariner will not rely solely on any single aid to navigation, particularly on floating aids."
Prujiner, alain
Traites et documents internationaux usuels en droit du commerce international/Treaties and International Documents used in International Trade Law.
Prussian code
Allgemeines Landrecht. This code is also known by the name of Codex Fredericianus, or Frederician code. It was compiled by order of Frederic H., by the minister of justice, Samuel V. Cocceji, who completed, a part of it before his death, in 1755.
We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for Proximate cause. If you have a better definition for Proximate cause than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Proximate cause may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Proximate cause and any other medical topic for the public at large.
This dictionary contains 8526 terms.
|
|