Definitions for reasonableness
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rationality, reason, reasonablenessnoun

   the state of having good sense and sound judgment

   "his rationality may have been impaired"; "he had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions"

2. reasonablenessnoun

   goodness of reason and judgment

   "the judiciary is built on the reasonableness of judges"

3. reasonableness, moderateness, modestnessnoun

   the property of being moderate in price or expenditures

   "the store is famous for the reasonableness of its prices"; "the modestness of the living standards here becomes obvious immediately"

4. reasonablenessnoun

   moderation in expectations

   "without greater reasonableness by both parties we will never settle this matter!"

5. reasonableness, tenability, tenablenessnoun

   the quality of being plausible or acceptable to a reasonable person

   "he questioned the tenability of my claims"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. reasonablenessnoun

   The state or characteristic of being reasonable.

2. reasonablenessnoun

   A reasonable action or behaviour.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Reasonablenessnoun

   Etymology: from reasonable.

   1. The faculty of reason.2. Agreeableness to reason.

   They thought the work would be better done, if those, who had satisfied themselves with the reasonableness of what they wish, would undertake the converting and disposing of other men. Edward Hyde.

   The passive reason, which is more properly reasonableness, is that order and congruity which is impressed upon the thing thus wrought; as in a watch, the whole frame and contexture of it carries a reasonableness in it, the passive impression of the reason or intellectual idea that was in the artist. Matthew Hale.

   3. Moderation.

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1. reasonableness

   In law, a reasonable person, reasonable man, or the man on the Clapham omnibus, is a hypothetical person of legal fiction crafted by the courts and communicated through case law and jury instructions.Strictly according to the fiction, it is misconceived for a party to seek evidence from actual people to establish how the reasonable man would have acted or what he would have foreseen. This person's character and care conduct under any common set of facts, is decided through reasoning of good practice or policy—or "learned" permitting there is a compelling consensus of public opinion—by high courts.In some practices, for circumstances arising from an uncommon set of facts, this person is seen to represent a composite of a relevant community's judgement as to how a typical member of said community should behave in situations that might pose a threat of harm (through action or inaction) to the public. However, cases resulting in judgment notwithstanding verdict can be examples where a vetted jury's composite judgment was deemed beyond that of the reasonable person, and thus overruled. The reasonable person belongs to a family of hypothetical figures in law including: the "right-thinking member of society", the "officious bystander", the "reasonable parent", the "reasonable landlord", the "fair-minded and informed observer", the "person having ordinary skill in the art" in patent law, and stretching back to Roman jurists, the figure of the bonus pater familias, all used to define legal standards. While there is a loose consensus in black letter law, there is no accepted technical definition. As with legal fiction in general, it is somewhat susceptible to ad hoc manipulation or transformation, and hence the "reasonable person" is an emergent concept of common law. The "reasonable person" is used as a tool to standardize, teach law students, or explain the law to a jury.As a legal fiction, the "reasonable person" is not an average person or a typical person, leading to great difficulties in applying the concept in some criminal cases, especially in regard to the partial defence of provocation. The standard also holds that each person owes a duty to behave as a reasonable person would under the same or similar circumstances. While the specific circumstances of each case will require varying kinds of conduct and degrees of care, the reasonable person standard undergoes no variation itself. The "reasonable person" construct can be found applied in many areas of the law. The standard performs a crucial role in determining negligence in both criminal law—that is, criminal negligence—and tort law. The standard is also used in contract law, to determine contractual intent, or (when there is a duty of care) whether there has been a breach of the standard of care. The intent of a party can be determined by examining the understanding of a reasonable person, after consideration is given to all relevant circumstances of the case including the negotiations, any practices the parties have established between themselves, usages and any subsequent conduct of the parties.The standard does not exist independently of other circumstances within a case that could affect an individual's judgement.

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1. reasonableness

   Reasonableness refers to the quality or state of being fair, rational, sensible, or logically appropriate in certain situations or circumstances. It often refers to choices, decisions, actions, or expectations that are in accordance with common sense, practicality, or generally accepted standards. Reasonableness can also refer to a standard used in legal settings to evaluate the actions of an ordinary, prudent person in similar conditions.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Reasonablenessnoun

   quality of being reasonable

Matched Categories

1. • Inexpensiveness
   • Moderation
   • Plausibility
   • Sanity
   • Wisdom

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of reasonableness in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of reasonableness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of reasonableness in a Sentence

1. Tom Malinowski:

   It is a consistent mistake of American foreign policy that we project our own pragmatic reasonableness onto others and assume that they don't mean what they say.

2. Medaria Arradondo:

   There is an initial reasonableness in trying to just get George Floyd under control in the first few seconds, but once there was no longer any resistance and clearly when George Floyd was no longer responsive and even motionless, to continue to apply that level of force to a person proned out, handcuffed behind their back -- that in no way shape or form is anything that is by policy. It is not part of our training, and it is certainly not part of our ethics or our values.

3. The Delaware Supreme Court:

   We agree with the trial court that the individual defendants breached their fiduciary duties by engaging in conduct that fell outside the range of reasonableness, and that this was a sufficient predicate for its finding of aiding and abetting liability against Royal Bank of Canada.

4. Barry Brodd:

   I felt that Derek Chauvins was justified and was acting with objective reasonableness, following Minneapolis Police policy and current standards of law enforcement in Derek Chauvins interactions with Mr. George Floyd.

5. Deutsche Telekom:

   The Supreme Court has clearly stated that with regard to Internet service providers the reasonableness of a potential blocking has to be subject to strict scrutiny.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=reasonableness
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reasonableness
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=reasonableness
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reasonableness
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reasonableness