Proximate
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
In its legal sense, closeness of causal connection.
Menger v. Laur, 55 N. J. L. 205, 2(1 Atl. 180, 20 L. Ii. A. 61.