proximate cause

Noun

(law) An event which, in a natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any efficient intervening cause, produces an injury, and without which the injury would not have occurred.

Japanese Meaning

近因：自然で連続した因果関係の中で、介在する効率的な原因を挟まずに生じた、主たる原因を指す意味。 / 直接原因：障害がなければその結果（損害や事故等）は発生しなかった、最も主要な原因を表す意味。

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The court determined that the defendant's negligent maintenance of the scaffolding was the proximate cause of the worker's injuries.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

裁判所は、被告の足場の不注意な管理が労働者の負傷の直接的な原因であると判断した。

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(law) An event which, in a natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any efficient intervening cause, produces an injury, and without which the injury would not have occurred.

proximate causes

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