Sentences with phrase «of ordinary prudence»

Though the commonly accepted standard is that of «an average person of ordinary prudence,» that standard can still be difficult to ascertain.

Inferences from common events must have quickly entered into consideration, being so intimately a part of ordinary prudence; and with the personalist interpretation of environment, supposed action by that environment would have the same relevance as action by another person.

For example, in a strict liability case, there is a duty to prevent foreseeable injury by doing what a reasonable man of ordinary prudence would have done.

MRPC 1.5 provides that a fee is unreasonable where, «a lawyer of ordinary prudence would be left with a definite and firm conviction that the fee is in excess of a reasonable fee.»

As the wearing of helmets may afford protection in some circumstances, it must follow that a cyclist of ordinary prudence would wear one, no matter whether on a long or a short trip or whether on quiet suburban roads or a busy main road.

Negligence is defined as «A failure to behave with the level of care that someone of ordinary prudence would have exercised under the same circumstances.»

Under the «prudent man» rule, a trustee must use the same degree of care and skill that a person of ordinary prudence would exercise in dealing with his or her own property.

Any adult who owes a duty of reasonable care toward a child may be found to have breached that duty of care if the adult fails to take the precautions any person of ordinary prudence would take to prevent a child from sustaining a burn injury of any kind.