Legal Definition and Related Resources of Immediate

Having no intermediary or intermediation; acting without intervention of another object , cause or agency, as, an immediate cause ; not distant or separated in time or space; adjoining ; nearest; next; in relation to space, in uninterrupted relation, continuous , direct , as the immediate contact of two objects; in relation to time, occurring without delay, made or done at once, present , instant, without interval of time, without delay, straightaway, instantly, at once. See Morgan v Hunsicker, (Ohio App.) 60 N.E.2d 509.

At once. “Though in strictness it excludes all mean times, it shall be construed such convenient time as is reasonably requisite for doing the thing.” 2 Lev. 77. It is stronger than the phrase “within a reasonable time,” and implies prompt, vigorous action, without any delay. L. R. 4 Q. B. 469. Acting with nothing interposed or between, or without the intervention of another object as a cause, means, medium or condition; producing its effect by direct agency. 60 111. App. 108.

(At once), adjective

• flash
• instant
• instantaneous
• praesens
• prompt
• quick
• speedy
• sudden
• unhesitating
• with reasonable dispatch
• without delay

(Imminent), adjective

• about to happen
• anticipated
• approaching
• at hand
• close
• close at hand
• coming
• drawing near
• expected
• following
• foreseen
• forthcoming
• impendent
• impending
• in the offing
• in view
• looked for
• momentary
• near at hand
• nearing
• next
• nigh
• prospective
• to come
• upcoming

(Not distant), adjective

• abutting
• adjacent
• adjoining
• at hand
• bordering
• bounding
• dose
• close at hand
• conjoining
• conterminous
• contiguous
• handy
• juxtapositional
• near
• near by
• neighboring
• next to
• proximate
• verging Associated Concepts: immediate beneficiaries
• immediate benefit
• immediate cause
• immediate consequences
• immediate control
• immediate damage
• immediate delivery
• immediate irreparable harm
• immediate legatees
• immediate need
• immediate transferor

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