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Law

the cause legally closest to an injury, sufficient to impose liability.

In law, proximate refers to the cause legally closest to an injury, sufficient to impose liability. This meaning comes from Garner (1999) in Black's Law Dictionary. Here proximate is not the immediate mechanistic cause of a behavior, as opposed to its evolutionary function.[3][1]

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Biology

the immediate mechanistic cause of a behavior, as opposed to its evolutionary function.

In biology, proximate refers to the immediate mechanistic cause of a behavior, as opposed to its evolutionary function. This meaning comes from Alcock (1975) in Animal behavior. Here proximate is not the cause legally closest to an injury, sufficient to impose liability.[2]

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References

  1. Garner, B. A. (Ed.). (1999). Black's law dictionary (7th ed.). West Group. ISBN 9780314228642
  2. Alcock, J. (1975). Animal behavior. Sinauer Associates. ISBN 9780878930203
  3. Hart, H. L. A., & Honoré, T. (1985). Causation in the law (2nd ed.). Clarendon Press. ISBN 9780198254751

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