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- noun law A
fictional person used as acomparative legalstandard to represent anaverage member ofsociety and how he or she wouldbehave or think, especially in determiningnegligence ; sometimes formulated as "a person of ordinary prudence exercisingdue care inlike circumstances ." - noun Used other than as an idiom: see
reasonable ,person .
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kewpid commented on the word reasonable person
Reasonable minds can differ. Wildly.
September 7, 2008