reasonable person English

Meaning reasonable person meaning

What does reasonable person mean?

reasonable person noun

— (legal) 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."

— a fictional person used as a comparative legal standard to represent an average member of society

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