(UK, law) Any hypothetical reasonable person used by the Courts in considering questions of reasonableness; an everyman.
(UK, law) Any hypothetical reasonable person used by the Courts in considering questions of reasonableness; an everyman.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(UK, law) Any hypothetical person used in a legal test related to trade marks; the "moron in a hurry" is the only person who could reasonably be imagined to confuse two marks.
(UK, law) A hypothetical person having the normal skills and knowledge in a particular technical field (an "art"), without being a genius; used in a legal test related to patents.
(idiomatic, British) On the Isle of Man, the common or general man.
An American expression for the average, ordinary, unremarkable member of the public — the archetypal everyman who goes about daily life without fame, power, or particular distinction. Johnny Citizen is used in discussions about policy, media, or public life to personify how laws and decisions affect regular people rather than elites or institutions. The term is somewhat dated and carries a mid-century American flavour, but it still appears in commentary that wants to humanise broad social forces by putting a name to the crowd.
(UK, by extension) Any ordinary person; everyman.