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Term Definition Proximate Cause - the immediate or efficient cause of a legal action.
Application in Divorce One of the elements in a action is proximate cause, which is the immediate or efficient cause of action.

As this applies in a actionable.

The proximate cause is the specific one, the one which "stands next in causation to the effect, not necessarily in time and space but in causal relationship."

See also Legal Causation.