REASONABLE PERSON

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The idea of a reasonable person derives from British Law. It suggests a test that can be applied on the basis of an intelligent non-expert person, that is a reasonable person, being put in a position able to consider the evidence that might have been available at a place or time. The test becomes: what would a reasonable person do under these circumstances, given the evidence or being exposed to a particular situation.

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