reasonable care

  • 1reasonable care — n: due care Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. reasonable care …

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  • 2reasonable care and skill — The duty of directors to act competently is at a relatively low standard but a greater degree of skill is expected from professionals e.g. finance directors. Claims by companies against directors who make mistakes are relatively rare. Easyform… …

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  • 3reasonable care — noun the care that a reasonable man would exercise under the circumstances; the standard for determining legal duty • Syn: ↑due care, ↑ordinary care • Hypernyms: ↑care, ↑charge, ↑tutelage, ↑guardianship * * * no …

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  • 4reasonable care — A relative term; care required by the circumstances of the case. Due care under the circumstances. 38 Am J1st Negl § 29 …

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  • 5reasonable care — proper caution and consideration of the circumstances …

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  • 6due and reasonable care — Care which reasonably prudent man would exercise under same or similar circumstances. See due care …

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  • 7due and reasonable care — Care which reasonably prudent man would exercise under same or similar circumstances. See due care …

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  • 8care — n 1: watchful or protective attention, caution, concern, prudence, or regard usu. towards an action or situation; esp: due care a person has a duty to use care in dealing with others, and failure to do so is negligence R. I. Mehr see also due… …

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  • 9reasonable — 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 …

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  • 10care, ordinary — n. The care a reasonably careful person would use in a similar situation. See also reasonable care, due care The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …

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