Causa proxima
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
The proximate cause.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The immediate, nearest, or latest cause.
Defined under Causa in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The immediate, nearest, or lalast cause, Causa proxima, non remota, spectatur. The immediate, not the remote, cause, is looked at, or considered. 12 East, 648; 3 Kent, Comm. 302; Story, Bailm. § 515; Bae. Max. reg. 1.