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The rule of our law is that the immediate cause, the causa proxima,…

Quote byColin Blackburn, Baron Blackburn · 1813–1896

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Sneesby v. Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail. Co. (1874), L. R. 9 Q. B. Ca. 267..

English (original)

The rule of our law is that the immediate cause, the causa proxima, and not the remote cause, is to be looked at: for, as Lord Bacon says: "It were infinite for the law to judge the causes of causes and their impulsions one of another; therefore it contenteth itself with the immediate cause, and judgeth of acts by that, without looking to any further degree."

— Colin Blackburn, Baron Blackburn

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