LAST-PROXIMATE-ACT TEST

last-proximate-act test.Criminal law. A common-law test for the crime of attempt, based on whether the defendant does the final act necessary to commit an offense (such as pulling the trigger of a gun, not merely aiming it). • Most courts have rejected this test as being too lenient. See ATTEMPT (2). [Cases: Criminal Law  44. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 114–123.]

 [Blacks Law 8th]