Imminence

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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
  • Second Coming of Jesus
    • Imminence in the Olivet discourse, problematic passage in the Gospels
• Mayday (distress signal), meaning "grave and imminent danger"

Other uses of Imminent:

• Imminent, Belgian electronic noise music project
• Impact is Imminent, fourth album by thrash metal band Exodus
• Imminent Indeed, gothic adaptation of John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera

[edit] See also

• Emergency management
  • Warning system

[edit] Similar spellings

• Eminence (disambiguation)
• Immanence, existence and action within the mind or the world; as opposed to transcendence