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Definition of Reasonable care
1. Noun. The care that a reasonable man would exercise under the circumstances; the standard for determining legal duty.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reasonable Care
Literary usage of Reasonable care
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
"It was therefore the master's duty, before turning It over to them to be used
for the purpose of their work, to exercise reasonable care to see that it was ..."
2. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, Charles M. Barnes (1884)
"... and the bailee ie not bound to prove affirmatively that he used reasonable
care, (d) l The care must rise in proportion to the demand for (Л) Bray v. ..."
3. A Treatise on the American Law of Landlord and Tenant by John Neilson Taylor (1887)
"Owner bound to reasonable care. —Wherever, from the situation of the premises,
the acts of a person though done entirely on his own property may be ..."
4. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1914)
"gers, the words "reasonable care and diligence," used iii section 2321, declaring
that a railroad company shall be liable for any damage done to persons by ..."
5. Biennial Report by Michigan State Highway Dept (1909)
"or authorized by a valid statute, if performed with reasonable care and skill.
... reasonable care ..."
6. The Law of Architecture and Building: A Consideration of the Mutual Rights by Clinton Hamlin Blake (1916)
"reasonable care and Diligence Required —Illustrations of Rule.—The rule requiring
the exercise of reasonable care and diligence on the part of the architect ..."