"reasonable person" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: reasonable persons [plural], reasonable people [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|s|reasonable people}} reasonable person (plural reasonable persons or reasonable people)
  1. (law) 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." Categories (topical): Law, People Synonyms: man on the Bondi tram, man on the Clapham omnibus, man on the Shau Kei Wan tram Translations (a fictional person used as a comparative legal standard to represent an average member of society): 理性自然人 (lǐxìng zìránrén) (Chinese Mandarin), järkevä henkilö (Finnish), personne raisonnable [feminine] (French), 通常人 (tsūjōjin) (Japanese), 一般人 (ippanjin) (Japanese), persoană rezonabilă [feminine] (Romanian), persona razonable [feminine] (Spanish), วิญญูชน (win-yuu-chon) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-reasonable_person-en-noun-geB0lskB Disambiguation of People: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Thai translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 77 23 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'a fictional person used as a comparative legal standard to represent an average member of society': 88 12
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see reasonable, person.
    Sense id: en-reasonable_person-en-noun-WGvAI-wB

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