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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

Proximity

The quality or state of being near in time, place, order, or relation.

dangerous-proximity test

Criminal law. A common-law test for the crime of attempt, focusing on whether the defendant is dangerously close to completing the offense. 0 Factors include the gravity of the potential crime, the apprehension of the victim, and the uncertainty of the crime's occurrence. See ATTEMPT (2).

physical-proximity test

Criminal law. A common-law test for the crime of attempt, focusing on how much more the defendant would have needed to do to complete the offense. See ATTEMPT (2).