Tort Law

Objective Standard

/ ob-JEK-tiv STAN-derd /

Definition

A test based on what a reasonable person would do in the circumstances.

Used in Context

“The objective standard asks what a reasonable person would have done.”

Etymology

◈ Latin: objectivus, pertaining to an object

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