I see no legal definition supporting the claim "Proactive, in this case, means “before they are legally required to.”" E.g. https://thelawdictionary.org/proact

I see no legal definition supporting the claim "Proactive, in this case, means “before they are legally required to.”" E.g. https://thelawdictionary.org/proactive/ https://thelawdictionary.org/proactive/ A behaviour that focuses on results and actions rather than acting when something happens. This type of behaviours aims to identify and take advantage of opportunities and also to prevent potential threats or problems. On the contrary, reactive behaviour works by retaliating when an event or problem has already occured.