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Noun Concept
Categories: British English idioms, Socioeconomic stereotypes, Legal fictions, Articles with short description, English phrases
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man on the Clapham omnibus  Clapham bus man  Clapham omnibus  Clapham omnibus man  man on the Bourke Street tram
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The man on the Clapham omnibus is a hypothetical ordinary and reasonable person, used by the courts in English law where it is necessary to decide whether a party has acted as a reasonable person would – for example, in a civil action for negligence. Wikipedia
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The man on the Clapham omnibus is a hypothetical ordinary and reasonable person, used by the courts in English law where it is necessary to decide whether a party has acted as a reasonable person would – for example, in a civil action for negligence. Wikipedia
Hypothetical person to decide what a reasonable person would think or do Wikidata
Any hypothetical reasonable person used by the Courts in considering questions of reasonableness; everyman. Wiktionary
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legal fiction
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man on the Clapham omnibus
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man on the Clapham omnibus
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man on the Clapham omnibus
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Clapham bus man, Clapham omnibus, Clapham omnibus man, man on the Bourke Street tram, Man on the Clapham bus, The man on the Clapham bus, the man on the Clapham omnibus
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The man on the Clapham omnibus

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