REMOVAL FROM OFFICE

The act of a competent officer or of the legislature which deprives an officer of his office. It may be express, that is, by a notification that the officer has been removed, or implied, by the appointment of another person to the same office. … [Read more...] about REMOVAL FROM OFFICE

A legal proceeding to displace someone, sometimes used with regard to an official, director or other authorized person (see removal from office) but most common in immigration law and is known as deportation where an immigration judge will decide whether an immigrant will be allowed to enter or stay in the country. A removal hearing is required before a person can be deported … [Read more...] about REMOVAL

When the fact or facts proposed to be established as a foundation from which indirect evidence may be drawn, by way of inference, have not a visible, plain, or necessary connection with the proposition eventually to be proved, such evidepce is rejected for "remoteness." See 2 Whart Ev. … [Read more...] about REMOTENESS OF EVIDENCE

Want of close connection between a wrong and the injury, as cause and effect, whereby the party injured cannot claim compensation from the wrongdoer. Wharton. … [Read more...] about REMOTENESS

Distant cause. The opposite of proximate cause; a distant connection to something happening that is not a critical event which would cause the main event and its repercussions to occur. … [Read more...] about REMOTE CAUSE