causa proxima, non remota spectatur

causa proxima, non remota spectatur
The proximate, and not the remote cause, is regarded. No court is bound to "stick in the bark" of the maxim. Proximate cause should be determined upon mixed considerations of logic, common sense, policy, and precedent. 38 Am J1st Negl § 53.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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