man on the Clapham omnibus

短语

词形变化

men on the Clapham omnibus 复数 men on the Clapham omnibus

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any hypothetical reasonable person used by the Courts in considering questions of reasonableness; an everyman.

    英国 法律

    Near-synonyms: man on the Bondi tram, man on the Shau Kei Wan tram, reasonable person

  2. 2.

    Any ordinary person; everyman.

    英国 引申义

词源

First put to legal use in a reported judgement by Sir Richard Henn Collins MR in the English Court of Appeal libel case, McQuire v. Western Morning News (1903), who attributed it to Lord Bowen.

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