Reasonable person

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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."
  2. 2
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see reasonable, person.