proximate cause
noun [C]Definition
› INSURANCE, LAW something that is considered to be the direct cause of damage, loss, or injury: The proximate cause of the disaster was a piece of metal lying on the runway.
(Definition of proximate cause noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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