Causa Proxima, Non Remota Spectator Law and Legal Definition
Causa proxima, non remota spectator is a Latin phrase. It means ‘the immediate, and not the remote cause is to be considered.’ This is a maxim of causation that is applied both in marine and general insurance. Pursuant to this principle, the cause nearest in the order of causation, without any efficient concurring cause to produce the result, must be considered as the direct cause. For example, if a ship foundered during a storm, the cause of her loss was considered bad weather conditions, regardless of any other factors that might have contributed to her foundering.
Legal Definition list
- Causa Mortis
- Causa Matrimonii Praelocuti
- Causa Justa
- Causa Falsa
- Causa causans
- Causa Proxima, Non Remota Spectator
- Causa Sine Qua Non
- Causation
- Cause
- Cause Celebre
- Cause of Action
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- Ab Abusu Ad Usum Non Valet Consequentia
- Ab Assuestis Non Fit Injuria
- Absoluta Sententia Expositore Non Indiget
- Accessorium Non Ducit Sed Sequitur Suum Principale
- Actio Quod Metus Causa
- Actus Me Invite Factus Non Est Meus Actus
- Actus Non Facit Reum Nisi Mens Sit Rea
- Ad Quaestiones Facti Non Respondent Judices; Ad Quaestione Legis Non Respondent Juratores
- Administration De Bonis Non
- Administration De Bonis Non Cum Testamento Annexo