on a reasonable basis

  • 1reasonable basis in law — See rational basis …

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  • 2reasonable — rea‧son‧a‧ble [ˈriːznəbl] adjective 1. fair and sensible: • The company maintained that its bills were reasonable. • The restaurant sells good food at reasonable prices (= prices that are not too high ) . • The law requires the employer to take …

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  • 3Reasonable suspicion — is a legal standard in United States law that a person has been, is, or is about to be engaged in criminal activity based on specific and articulable facts and inferences. It is the basis for an investigatory or Terry stop by the police and… …

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  • 4reasonable — Fair, proper, just, moderate, suitable under the circumstances. Fit and appropriate to the end in view. Having the faculty of reason; rational; governed by reason; under the influence of reason; agreeable to reason. Thinking, speaking, or acting… …

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  • 5rational basis — A reasonable basis in the law; the criterion in the review of an administrative order by the court. The application of the law in a just and reasoned manner. 2 Am J2d Admin L § 619 …

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  • 6rational basis test — n: a test less intensive than strict scrutiny or an intermediate review that involves a determination of whether a statutory or regulatory classification of persons (as by age or offender status) has a rational basis and does not deny equal… …

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  • 7Declaration of Reasonable Doubt — The Declaration of Reasonable Doubt is an Internet signing petition that seeks to enlist broad public support for the Shakespeare authorship question to be accepted as a legitimate field of academic inquiry by 2016, the 400th anniversary of… …

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  • 8Fair, Reasonable and Non Discriminatory terms — Standard setting organizations commonly have rules that govern the ownership of patent rights that cover the standards the adopt. One of the most common rules is that a patent covering the standard must be adopted on reasonable and… …

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  • 9Rational basis review — Rational basis review, in U.S. constitutional law, is the lowest level of scrutiny applied by courts deciding constitutional issues through judicial review. The higher levels are typically referred to as intermediate scrutiny and strict scrutiny …

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  • 10rational basis — n: a reason or ground (as for legislation or an action by a government agency) that is not unreasonable or arbitrary and that bears rational relationship to a legitimate state interest see also rational basis test Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of… …

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