im·mi·nent / ˈimənənt/ • adj. 1. about to happen: they were in imminent danger of being swept away.2. archaic overhanging.DERIVATIVES: im·mi·nence n.im·mi·nent·ly adv.

IMMINENT

Impending; menacingly close at hand; threatening.

Imminent peril, for example, is danger that is certain, immediate, and impending, such as the type an individual might be in as a result of a serious illness or accident. The chance of the individual dying would be highly probable in such situation, as opposed to remote or contingent. For a gift causa mortis (Latin for "in anticipation of death") to be effective, the donor must be in imminent peril and must die as a result of it.

imminent XVI. — L. imminēns, -ent-, prp. of imminēre project, be impending, f. IM-1 (cf. EMINENT, PROMINENT).