Immediate

Atto Ume. Present; without delay or postponement. Strictly it implies not deferred by any lapse of time, but as usually employed, it is rather within reasonable time having due regard to the nature and circumstances of the case. This word and immediately (q. v.) are of no very definite signification and are much dependent on the context. In legal proceedings they do not impart the exclusion of any interval of t^me; Howell v. Gaddis, 31 N. J. L. 313. As to immediate delivery, see Neldon v. Smith, 86 N. J. L. 148. “Immediate” notice may be construed as meaning “reasonable notice;” Mc Farland v. Acc- Ass’n, 124 Mo. 204, 27 S. W. 436. As to place, etc. Not separated by any intervening space, cause, right, object, or relation.

See 7 Mann. & G. 493; Trask v. Ins. Co., 29 Pa. 198, 72 Am. Dec. 622; Richardson V. End, 43 Wls. 316; Hepler v. State, id. 479; Immediately; Fobtuwith.

As to descent. Judge Story says it may be mediate or immediate with respect to the estate or right, or with respect to the pedigree or degrees of consanguinity; Levy v. Mc Cartee, 6 Pet. (D. S.) 112, 8 L. Ed. 834.