Imminence is the quality of being imminent, i. e. about to happen. Topics where the concept is utilised include:
- In law:
- Imminent threat, justification for the use of force in international law
- Right of self-defense for civilians requires a similar "imminent" threat
- Assault (tort), requires that harm is imminent, even if harm does not in fact occur
- Imminent lawless action, justification for restriction of free speech, superseding the earlier "clear and present danger"
- Exigent circumstance, justification for law enforcement to enter property without a warrant, may involve imminence
- End time, religious beliefs regarding the imminence or otherwise of the end of the world
- Mayday (distress signal), meaning "grave and imminent danger"
Other uses of Imminent:
See also
Similar spellings
- Eminence (disambiguation)
- Immanence, existence and action within the mind or the world; as opposed to transcendence
Imminent threat is a standard criterion in International law, developed by Daniel Webster, for when the need for action is "instant overwhelming and leaving The right of self-defense (also called alter ego defense, defense of others, defense of a third person) is the right for civilians acting on their For other uses of the term "Assault" please see Assault (disambiguation. Imminent lawless action is a term used in the United States Supreme Court case Brandenburg v An exigent circumstance, in the American Law of Criminal procedure, allows law enforcement to enter a structure without a warrant, or if they End time, End times, or End of days are the eschatological writings in the three Abrahamic religions and in doomsday scenarios in various other In Christianity, the Second Coming is the anticipated return of Jesus Christ from Heaven to earth an event that will fulfill aspects of Messianic The Olivet discourse is a biblical passage found in the Synoptic Gospels of Matthew ( Mark ( and Luke ( Mayday is an emergency Code word used internationally as a Distress signal in Voice procedure radio communications Imminent is a Belgian musical project formerly and still commonly known as Imminent Starvation. Impact is Imminent is the fourth album by Thrash metal band Exodus and the first with Capitol Records Imminent Indeed is a gothic adaptation of John Gay ’s The Beggar’s Opera. Emergency management (or disaster management) is the discipline of dealing with and avoiding risks Immanence, derived from the Latin in manere "to remain within" refers to philosophical and metaphysical theories of the divine as existing and acting within the mind
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imminence
-noun
- The state or condition of being about to happen, imminent.
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