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reasonable skill.See SKILL. [Blacks Law 8th]

reasonable royalty.See ROYALTY(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

reasonable provocation.See adequate provocation under PROVOCATION. [Blacks Law 8th]

reasonable person. 1. A hypothetical person used as a legal standard, esp. to determine whether someone acted with negligence; specif., a person who exercises the degree of attention, knowledge, intelligence, and judgment that society requires of its members for the protection of their own and of others’ interests. • The reasonable person acts sensibly, does…

reasonable notice.See NOTICE. [Blacks Law 8th]

reasonable medical probability.In proving the cause of an injury, a standard requiring a showing that the injury was more likely than not caused by a particular stimulus, based on the general consensus of recognized medical thought. — Also termed reasonable medical certainty. [Cases: Damages 185(1); Evidence 547.5. C.J.S. Damages §§ 308–310; Evidence §§ 609, 648,…

reasonable man.See REASONABLE PERSON. [Blacks Law 8th]

reasonable-inference rule.An evidentiary principle providing that a jury, in deciding a case, may properly consider any reasonable inference drawn from the evidence presented at trial. Cf. PYRAMIDING INFERENCES, RULE AGAINST. [Cases: Criminal Law 559; Evidence 595. C.J.S. Criminal Law § 1096; Evidence §§ 1300, 1341.] [Blacks Law 8th]

reasonable grounds.See PROBABLE CAUSE. [Blacks Law 8th]

reasonable force.See FORCE. [Blacks Law 8th]