Remote Cause
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
See "Proximate Cause."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In the law of negligence, a "remote" cause of an accident or injury is one which does not by itself alone produce the given result, but which sets in motion another cause, calied the "proximate" cause, which immediately brings about the given effect; or, as otherwise defined, it is "that which may have happened and yet no injury have occurred, notwithstanding that no injury could have occurred if it had not happened." See Troy v. Railroad Co., 99 N. C. 298, 6 S. E. 77, 6 Am. St. Rep. 521; Maryland Steel Co., v. Mamey, 88 Md. 482, 42 Atl. 60, 42 In R. A. 842, 71 Am. St. Rep. 441; Hoey v. Metropolitan St. Ry. Co.., 70 App. Div. 60, 74 N. Y. Supp. 1113 ; Clay-pool v. Wigmore, 34 Ind. App. 35, 71 N. E. 509.
Defined under Remote in Black's Law Dictionary.