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reasonable person — n: a fictional person with an ordinary degree of reason, prudence, care, foresight, or intelligence whose conduct, conclusion, or expectation in relation to a particular circumstance or fact is used as an objective standard by which to measure or … Law dictionary
reasonable — rea·son·able adj 1 a: being in accordance with reason, fairness, duty, or prudence b: of an appropriate degree or kind c: supported or justified by fact or circumstance a reasonable belief that force was necessary for self defense d … Law dictionary
reasonable doubt — n: a doubt esp. about the guilt of a criminal defendant that arises or remains upon fair and thorough consideration of the evidence or lack thereof all persons are presumed to be innocent and no person may be convicted of an offense unless each… … Law dictionary
reasonable care — n: due care Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. reasonable care … Law dictionary
reasonable — Fair, proper, just, moderate, suitable under the circumstances. Fit and appropriate to the end in view. Having the faculty of reason; rational; governed by reason; under the influence of reason; agreeable to reason. Thinking, speaking, or acting… … Black's law dictionary
reasonable cause — For prosecution: the existence of a reasonable ground of presumption that the charge is or may be well founded. Wood v United States (US) 16 Pet 342, 366, 10 L Ed 987, 996. A reasonable amount of suspicion, supported by circumstances sufficiently … Ballentine's law dictionary
Reasonable person — The reasonable person standard is often used legal term that originated in the development of the common law. The reasonable person is a legal fiction which represents a reasoned outlook on a legal question. The perspective of the reasonable man… … Wikipedia
prudence concept — The accounting concept that insists on a realistic view of business activity and stresses that anticipated revenues and profits have no place in a profit and loss account until they have been realized in the form of cash or other assets for which … Accounting dictionary
prudence concept — The accounting concept that insists on a realistic view of business activity and stresses that anticipated revenues and profits have no place in a profit and loss account until they have been realized in the form of cash or other assets for which … Big dictionary of business and management
reasonable person — noun A fictional person used as a comparative legal standard to represent an average member of society and how he or she would behave or think, especially in determining negligence; sometimes formulated as a person of ordinary prudence exercising … Wiktionary
