reasonable care
Definition
- Noun:
- The degree of caution and concern an ordinarily prudent and rational person would use in similar circumstances: This is a legal standard used to judge whether a person's actions or lack of action created liability. It represents the level of care expected to avoid harming others.
Usage
- Legal Standard: "Reasonable care" is primarily used in legal contexts, especially in tort law, to determine if someone was negligent. It is the benchmark against which a person's conduct is measured.
- Duty of Care: It defines the obligation to act with the watchfulness, attention, and prudence that a reasonable person in the same situation would exhibit. Failure to exercise reasonable care can result in a finding of negligence.
Examples
- The court found the property owner did not exercise reasonable care in clearing the icy sidewalk.
- Manufacturers have a duty to show reasonable care in designing safe products.
- In the lawsuit, the key question was whether the driver used reasonable care to avoid the accident.
Advanced Usage
- "Standard of reasonable care": This phrase emphasizes it as the measurable benchmark for conduct.
- The jury was instructed on the standard of reasonable care expected from a medical professional.
- "Exercise reasonable care": The typical verb collocation describing the action of applying this level of caution.
- Landlords must exercise reasonable care in maintaining common areas.
Variants and Related Words
- Due care (noun): Often used synonymously with "reasonable care" in legal terminology.
- The contractor failed to use due care when installing the electrical wiring.
- Ordinary care (noun): Another common synonym, stressing the standard of the average, prudent person.
- Negligence (noun): The failure to exercise reasonable care.
- The plaintiff sued for negligence, claiming a lack of reasonable care.
Synonyms
- Prudent care: Care characterized by good judgment and caution.
- Sufficient care: An adequate level of attention and caution.
- Appropriate care: Care suitable for the specific circumstances.
Related Phrases
- Duty of care: The legal obligation to adhere to a standard of reasonable care.
- A teacher has a duty of care towards their students.
- Breach of duty: The failure to meet the standard of reasonable care, a key element in negligence.
- The breach of duty was clear when the company ignored known safety hazards.
Noun
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the care that a reasonable man would exercise under the circumstances; the standard for determining legal duty
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