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Simple English definitions for legal terms

prudent person

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A quick definition of prudent person:

A prudent person is someone who acts sensibly and takes proper precautions to protect themselves and others. They use their knowledge and judgment to make good decisions. The law often uses the idea of a reasonable person as a standard to determine if someone acted negligently. This reasonable person is someone who behaves like most people in society and doesn't let their emotions control their actions. In the past, the term reasonable person was also used to mean any human being.

A more thorough explanation:

A prudent person is a legal standard used to determine whether someone acted with negligence. It is also known as a reasonable person. This hypothetical person 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 things without serious delay, and takes proper but not excessive precautions. For example, a reasonable person would not drive under the influence of alcohol or drugs, as it endangers their own and others' safety.

In criminal law, the actus reus of murder (and therefore of any criminal homicide) was declared to be unlawfully killing a reasonable person who is in being and under the King's peace, the death following within a year and a day. In this sentence, the word ‘reasonable’ does not mean ‘sane’, but ‘human’. This means that a person who is not sane, such as a lunatic, is still protected under the law.

Overall, a prudent person is someone who acts with common sense and takes reasonable precautions to protect themselves and others.

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[] AromaticTroubledDormouse
20:55
How does one know if they are UR1 or UR2?
[] AromaticTroubledDormouse
20:56
CONGRATS MACAQUE!
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got a random stanford email and almost had a heart attack
ALSO CONGRATS!
Congrats1!
21:15
Miami A, yall I'm so excited I could cry.
21:15
Feel like I can finally stop holding my breath!! Whew!!!
[] baddestbunny
22:16
every time I get accosted by a strange man who follows me around because my male coworkers were too busy talking to walk me back to my car I get closer to saying we need to bring back traditional gender roles
Dkk
22:32
Nice! @Macaque
Dkk
22:32
@Aromatic, Have to guess.
Dkk
22:33
That sucks @Bunny do you have to go to the hospital?
[] baddestbunny
22:40
I said accosted not assaulted
23:35
guys. my notre dame address just went long is this good or bad
1a2b3c4d26z
23:37
Oooooo me too
23:37
omg is this good or bad
Dkk
23:47
Idk if gender roles are gunna fix that then.
23:49
it looks like most people who applied in october last cycle didn't get a decision until january... does it even mean anything that our addresses went long??
hows ED 2 compared to ED 1?
Dkk
0:10
No idea
windyMagician
0:34
reporting live to say my ndls address also went long
does it mean anything ^
Dkk
2:21
NDLS and Fordham took a very long time last year. It's good info for people to know.
[] baddestbunny
4:29
let’s get after it boys and girls
Dkk
5:21
I gtg to bed soon.
Dkk
5:22
Big day today. Gunna be a crazy one. I will sleep through the first half.
good morning lsd it is 5 am EST
also jazzy my ndls address went long ages ago i sadly do not think it means anything
my stanford address also went long LOL i think at most it's an indicator it's under review
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