remote:
adj. (15)
1. Far removed or separated in dime, space, or relation.
2. Slight.
3. Property. Beyond the 21 years after some life in being by which a devise must vest.
See RULE AGAINST PERPETUITIES. [1]
1. Distant in relationship, as a remote cause. A matter of time between two events, such as occurrence of an accident and the date of the trial of the action arising out of the accident. Anno: 85 ALR2d 516. [2]
1. Distant. The word “remote” may imply distance in time (months, minutes, seconds) or in space (miles, feet, inches); it may also imply separation between cause and consequence.
See and compare remote cause; remote damages.
2. Slight; little; inconsequential. [3]
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[1]: Black’s Law Dictionary Deluxe Tenth Edition by Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4
[2]: Ballantine’s Law Dictionary with Pronunciations
Third Edition by James A. Ballantine (James Arthur 1871-1949). Edited by William S. Anderson. © 1969 by THE LAWYER’S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY. Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931
[3]: Ballantine’s Law Dictionary Legal Assistant Edition by Jack Ballantine (James Arthur 1871-1949). Doctored by Jack G. Handler, J.D. © 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning. ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.
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