Ordinary Care (Noun)
Meaning
The care that a reasonable man would exercise under the circumstances; the standard for determining legal duty.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The court held that the defendant had failed to exercise ordinary care when driving through the intersection and striking the pedestrian.
- In determining negligence, the standard of ordinary care is often used as a benchmark for measuring a defendant's actions.
- The jury was instructed to consider whether the plaintiff had acted with ordinary care in operating the machinery that caused the accident.
- The landlord was found liable for the tenant's injuries because he had failed to exercise ordinary care in maintaining the premises.
- The defendant's failure to yield to oncoming traffic was deemed a breach of his duty to exercise ordinary care while driving on the highway.