immediate cause — The final act in a series of provocations leading to a particular result or event, directly producing such result without the intervention of any further provocation. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. immediate cause … Law dictionary
immediate cause — The last of a series or chain of causes tending to a given result, and which, of itself, and without the intervention of any further cause, directly produces the result or event. A cause may be immediate in this sense, and yet not proximate; and… … Black's law dictionary
immediate cause — a cause that is operative at the beginning of the specific effect; called also precipitating c … Medical dictionary
immediate cause of injury — A phrase often used in defining proximate cause but which itself is incapable of precise definition. Rodgers v Missouri Pacific Railway Co. 75 Kan 222, 88 P 885 … Ballentine's law dictionary
direct or immediate cause — See proximate cause; direct cause; immediate cause … Black's law dictionary
direct or immediate cause — See proximate cause; direct cause; immediate cause … Black's law dictionary
cause — 1 n 1: something that brings about an effect or result the negligent act which was the cause of the plaintiff s injury ◇ The cause of an injury must be proven in both tort and criminal cases. actual cause: cause in fact in this entry but–for… … Law dictionary
Immediate — Im*me di*ate, a. [F. imm[ e]diat. See {In } not, and {Mediate}.] 1. Not separated in respect to place by anything intervening; proximate; close; as, immediate contact. [1913 Webster] You are the most immediate to our throne. Shak. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Immediate amputation — Immediate Im*me di*ate, a. [F. imm[ e]diat. See {In } not, and {Mediate}.] 1. Not separated in respect to place by anything intervening; proximate; close; as, immediate contact. [1913 Webster] You are the most immediate to our throne. Shak. [1913 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
immediate — I (at once) adjective flash, instant, instantaneous, praesens, prompt, quick, speedy, sudden, unhesitating, with reasonable dispatch, without delay II (imminent) adjective about to happen, anticipated, approaching, at hand, close, close a … Law dictionary
