reasonable persons

A form of reasonable person — 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."

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of reasonable person
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APA

reasonable persons. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reasonable%20persons

MLA

“reasonable persons.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reasonable%20persons. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reasonable persons,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reasonable%20persons.

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