Definitions of proximate cause
the event that caused an injury or loss, without which the injury or loss would not have happened
His drinking while driving was the proximate cause of the accident.
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proximate cause means:
substantivo
full
noun
the event that caused an injury or loss, without which the injury or loss would not have happened
His drinking while driving was the proximate cause of the accident.