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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."
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: man on the Bondi tram, man on the Clapham omnibus, man on the Shau Kei Wan tram
Antonyms: none provided
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see reasonable, person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
理性自然人
(lǐxìng zìránrén)
— a fictional person used as a comparative legal standard to represent an average member of society
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Finnish:
järkevä henkilö
— a fictional person used as a comparative legal standard to represent an average member of society
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French:
personne raisonnable
— a fictional person used as a comparative legal standard to represent an average member of society
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Japanese:
通常人
(tsūjōjin)
— a fictional person used as a comparative legal standard to represent an average member of society
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Japanese:
一般人
(ippanjin)
— a fictional person used as a comparative legal standard to represent an average member of society
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Polish:
osoba myśląca racjonalnie
— a fictional person used as a comparative legal standard to represent an average member of society
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Romanian:
persoană rezonabilă
— a fictional person used as a comparative legal standard to represent an average member of society
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Spanish:
persona razonable
— a fictional person used as a comparative legal standard to represent an average member of society
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Thai:
วิญญูชน
(win-yuu-chon)
— a fictional person used as a comparative legal standard to represent an average member of society
