reasonable person en · NOUN
Meanings
- 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 due care in like circumstances."
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see reasonable, person.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| reasonable persons | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| reasonable people | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
man on the Shau Kei Wan tram · man on the Clapham omnibus · man on the Bondi tram
Translations (9)
th วิญญูชน (a fictional person used as a comparative legal standard to represent an average member of society) · fr personne raisonnable (a fictional person used as a comparative legal standard to represent an average member of society) · ja 一般人 (a fictional person used as a comparative legal standard to represent an average member of society) · fi järkevä henkilö (a fictional person used as a comparative legal standard to represent an average member of society) · ro persoană rezonabilă (a fictional person used as a comparative legal standard to represent an average member of society) · cmn 理性自然人 (a fictional person used as a comparative legal standard to represent an average member of society) · pl osoba myśląca racjonalnie (a fictional person used as a comparative legal standard to represent an average member of society) · ja 通常人 (a fictional person used as a comparative legal standard to represent an average member of society) · es persona razonable (a fictional person used as a comparative legal standard to represent an average member of society)