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.]
