Civil Law and Land Titles and Deeds › Torts and Quasi-delicts › Proximate Cause › Concept › Distinguished from
i. Immediate Cause
Tests of Proximate Cause
- Cause-in-fact Test
- “but for” test or sine qua non test
- substantial factor test
“but for” test or sine qua non test
Defendant’s conduct is the cause in fact of the injury under the but for test if the damage would not have resulted had there been no negligence on the part of the defendant.
What is the Difference between Mode and Title?
| MODE | TITLE |
| Directly and immediately produces a real right | Serves merely to give the occasion for its acquisition or existence |
| The means of acquisition or transmission | The juridical cause |
| Proximate cause | Remote cause |
| The means whereby the right is acquired or transmitted | The basis of the right to be created or transmitted |