Reasonable person A phrase used to denote a hypothetical person who exercises qualities of attention, knowledge; intelligence, and judgment that society requires of its members for the protection of their own interest and the interests of others.
Reasonable person
Definition - Noun
: a fictional person with an ordinary degree of reason, prudence, care, foresight, or intelligence whose conduct, conclusion, ...
reasonable personal effects of one spouse;
business assets;
property exempted under a marriage contract or separation agreement; (and) ...
The Reasonable Person
A person has acted negligently if she has departed from the conduct expected of a reasonably prudent person acting under similar circumstances.
of discretion an appeal may be taken to the next higher court to challenge the judge’s ruling based on the reasonableness test, whereupon the higher court is required to examine the lower court’s ruling to determine if reasonable persons ...
OmissionThe failure to do something which it is one's duty to do, or which a reasonable person would do.Ontario Court of Justice(see Court)OrderA court's direction requiring a party to do something or refrain from doing something.
Negligence Not only are people responsible for the intentional harm they cause, but their failure to act as a reasonable person would be expected to act in similar circumstances (i.e. "negligence") will also give rise to compensation.
failure to exercise the care toward others which a reasonable or prudent person would do in the circumstances, or taking action which such a reasonable person would not.
The inquiry is simply whether a reasonable person would have believed that he was 'under arrest' (as that term is commonly understood) at the time of his seizure. U.S. v. Patterson, 648 F.
The failure to act as a reasonable person would be expected to act in similar circumstances (i.e. "negligence") will give rise to compensation. All persons have a duty to insure that their actions do not cause harm to others.
Puff (sales talk): If no reasonable person hearing this statement would take it seriously, it is a puff, and no action in contract is available if the statement proves to be wrong. It may also be referred to as "puffery".
A situation in which the police detain a person in a manner that, to any reasonable person, makes it clear she is not free to leave.
consent when surrounding circumstances exist which would lead a reasonable person to believe that this consent had been given, although no direct, express or explicit words of agreement had been uttered. Examples: a) a "contract" based on the fact ...
Goods will be of satisfactory quality if they meet the standard that a reasonable person would regard as satisfactory. It is a relative standard dependant on matters such as price and description.
Arrest Being detained by the police in a manner that, to any reasonable person, makes it clear he or she is not free to leave.
It may develop from carelessness or thoughtless conduct, or a failure to act when a reasonable person under the same circumstances would have so acted.
*Actual physical contact is not necessary; threatening gestures that would alarm any reasonable person can constitute an assault.
Many states declare that a more serious or aggravated assault/battery occurs when one person: ...
inquiry pl: -ries 1 : a request for information [such doubt as would cause a reasonable person to make an ] 2 : a systematic official investigation often of a matter of public interest esp. by a body (as a ...
objective standard: standard that measures a person's behavior or knowledge against what a reasonable person would have done or known, thus holding the person to a community standard of behavior.
negligence The omission to something that a reasonable person, guided by those ordinary considerations that regulate human affairs, would do, or the doing of something that a reasonable and prudent person would not do.
Failure to exercise the degree of care that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances.
Negotiation:
The process of submission and consideration of offers until an acceptable office is made and accepted.
NEGLIGENCE - A failure to use the degree of care that a reasonable person would use under the same circumstances.
Probable consequences: Those results or consequences that have a good likelihood of taking place following a particular act or event; outcomes that a reasonable person could have foreseen.
For instance, providing Joe Slobovia, who does not have authority to contract, with materials, stationary, forms, a truck with a company logo, or enabling him to work out of the company office, so that a reasonable person would believe that Joe had ...
 See also: Person, Law, State, Information, Cause
  
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