reasonable belief
1reasonable belief — n. A belief based on facts, circumstances, and information trustworthy enough to make a person of ordinary intelligence and caution believe something is the case, commonly used when deciding to arrest someone or conduct a search and seizure… …
2reasonable belief — A belief begotten by attendant circumstances fairly creating it, and honestly entertained. Howard v State, 110 Ala 92, 20 So 365 …
3a reasonable belief of the possibility of imminent injury or death at the hands of another that justifies a person acting in self-defense against the potential attack. — a reasonable belief of the possibility of imminent injury or death at the hands of another that justifies a person acting in self defense against the potential attack. A person who agrees to work for a specified time in order to learn a trade,… …
4reasonable — rea·son·able adj 1 a: being in accordance with reason, fairness, duty, or prudence b: of an appropriate degree or kind c: supported or justified by fact or circumstance a reasonable belief that force was necessary for self defense d …
5reasonable — 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… …
6belief — The conviction of the mind, founded on evidence that a fact exists, that an act was done, that a statement is true. When one says, I believe that a fact exists, or that an act was done by another, he must be understood to assert that there is… …
7Belief revision — is the process of changing beliefs to take into account a new piece of information. The logical formalization of belief revision is researched in philosophy, in databases, and in artificial intelligence for the design of rational agents.What… …
8Belief — is the psychological state in which an individual holds a proposition or premise to be true. [Citation last = Schwitzgebel first = Eric editor last = Zalta editor first = Edward contribution = Belief title = The Stanford Encyclopedia of… …
9Belief — • That state of the mind by which it assents to propositions, not by reason of their intrinsic evidence, but because of authority Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Belief Belief …
10belief — be·lief n: a degree of conviction of the truth of something esp. based on a consideration or examination of the evidence compare knowledge, suspicion Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
