Sentences with phrase «prudent person»

The standard in common law (and civil law) systems is the reasonable person test - what would a reasonably prudent person in the same (external) circumstances do.

The standard of care of a driver is not one of perfection, but rather whether the driver acted in a manner in which an ordinarily prudent person would act.

Stocks were too risky for prudent people to invest in and serious money should never be invested there.

You need renters insurance because you're a smart, prudent person who realizes that there are risks out there and you should protect yourself against them.

No wonder that many prudent people simply decide not to decide.

Still, these things happen quite frequently, which is why most prudent people have insurance.

A person or entity may be considered negligent if they fail to act as any other reasonably prudent person or entity would have behaved in the same situation.

A person is negligent if he fails to act as an ordinarily prudent person would act under the circumstances.

You need renters insurance because you're a smart, prudent person who realizes that there are risks out there and you should protect yourself against them.

the culprit acts or omissions which led to the failure to provide necessaries of life were a marked departure from the conduct of a reasonably prudent person in similar circumstances, and

Specifically, the exemption requires that the advisor, the institution issuing the product and client enter into a contract that clearly commits the advisor to acting in the client's best interests, using the care, skill and prudence that would be exercised by prudent person under the circumstances (the definition that generally governs a fiduciary's duties in other contexts).

It's something that might cross the mind of a reasonable and prudent person as an outside possibility, but it's certainly not the sort of thing one loses sleep over on an ongoing basis.

Otherwise smart and prudent people ignore their attorneys» advice on certain risks and with regard to undocumented or researched concerns.

«Plaintiffs failed to use and exercise... the proper care and precautions which a reasonable prudent person under the same or similar circumstances would have exercised,» attorneys for Oakmont Senior Living wrote in a response to the lawsuit.

Prudent people understand that most of this comes in the form of volunteer time and noncash support, that the majority of congregations provide far less, and that social need greatly overflows this crucial safety net.

The trouble is that the results you get when you perform the analysis are so darn shocking that a good number of prudent people just can not get behind the...

A reasonably prudent person without medical training would have realized that Ezekiel needed medical attention;

It concluded that a reasonable, prudent person with knowledge of the law, policies and surrounding facts would not expose the residents of Bath to the effects of tire burning activity, especially when the Ministry was considering banning such activity in the rest of the province.

We have to gather many more comparisons than our UK colleagues and research those in more detail in order to gauge what the average prudent person would pay for a particular property.

Prudent people keep liability in force to cover unexpected events.

Negligence is simply another person's failure to act in a manner like another other prudent person would act in the given situation.

It's something that might cross the mind of a reasonable and prudent person as an outside possibility, but it's certainly not the sort of thing one loses sleep over on an ongoing basis.

It further defines a «latent structural defect» or «other defect» as not «trivial or insignificant defects but... those defects that would be a significant factor to a reasonable and prudent person in making a decision to purchase or lease.»

As Justice Dev Dley, who heard this case, explained, the standard of care owed by someone operating a bicycle or motor vehicle «is not one of perfection,» but rather whether the defendant «acted as an ordinarily prudent person would act.»

Intimidation under this section is defined as what a reasonable, prudent person under same or similar circumstances would consider intimidation and whether that person would have felt intimidated by the actions of the animal in question;

For all other sales, the proposal would require licensees to apply a standard very similar to the DOL's «best interests» standard, as well as the ERISA «prudent person» rule.

Acts with the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person would exercise; 2.

We are in a time of utter reverence for great and powerful Oz - like people doing not so great things to the rates of interest that would be paid to savers and prudent people (Zero Interest Rate Policy or ZIRP), and doing wonderful things for leverage (substance) users, speculators and asset owners (MBS and long - term T bond buying).

For the United States, the fiduciary standard — putting your client's interest ahead of your own - is known as a prudent person standard of care, a standard that originally stems from an 1830 court ruling.

The cyclical ravages of inflation, the doubts about the future of Social Security and the continuing escalation of health care costs must cause at least occasional anxiety for any prudent person.

All a prudent person needs to do is watch those videos above and see where islam has been..

And a prudent person can reasonably doubt those sayings which so precisely fit the needs of Jesus» early followers, which do not fit with the rest of his message.

Prudence also relates to values, for the prudent person must be able to weigh the worth of the choices before him, so as to choose the best in each circumstance.

It would seem to a prudent person that any required menu plan for schools, although well intentioned, that is in direct conflict with what's happening at home is simply an opportunity for failure.

Prudent people are able to defer gratification and plan for the future; they can make sacrifices today in order to ensure a better tomorrow.

The prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions.

In other provinces, the trustee may invest in a security if it is one that an ordinary prudent person would buy if he were investing for the benefit of other people for whom he felt morally bound to provide.

Would (or should) a reasonable and prudent person have known that the dog could turn on the stove and cause a fire?

«All in all, I think a reasonably prudent person would think, well, something must have happened because the number of pit bulls has reduced in the city, the number of bites has reduced and the number of high risk (designations) has been reduced,» said Groetken.

According to Milloy, Thompson said, «Any prudent person would agree that we don't yet understand the complexities with the climate system.»

But what he actually said was «Any prudent person would agree that we don't yet understand the complexities with the climate system and, since we don't, we should be extremely cautious in how much we «tweak» the system.»