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  reasons for allowance.See RULE109 STATEMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

reasonably suspect.See SUSPECT. [Blacks Law 8th]

  reasonably prudent person.See REASONABLE PERSON. [Blacks Law 8th]

reasonably-prudent-operator standard.Oil & gas. The test generally applied to determine a lessee’s compliance with implied lease covenants by considering what a reasonable, competent operator in the oil-and-gas industry would do under the circumstances, acting in good faith and with economic motivation, and taking into account the lessor’s interests as well as that of the operator.…

reasonably believe.See BELIEVE. [Blacks Law 8th]

reasonable-use theory.Property. The principle that owners of riparian land may make reasonable use of their water if this use does not affect the water available to lower riparian owners. [Cases: Waters and Water Courses 41. C.J.S. Waters § 13.] [Blacks Law 8th]

reasonable use.See USE(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

reasonable time. 1.Contracts. The time needed to do what a contract requires to be done, based on subjective circumstances. • If the contracting parties do not fix a time for performance, the law will usu. presume a reasonable time. [Cases: Contracts 212. C.J.S. Contracts § 582.] 2.Commercial law. The time during which the UCC permits…

reasonable suspicion.See SUSPICION. [Blacks Law 8th]

reasonable support.See SUPPORT. [Blacks Law 8th]