Reasonable

Agreeable to reason; just; proper. Ordinary or usual.

— Reasonable act. Such as may fairly, justly, and reasonably be required of a party.

— Reasonable and probable canse. Such grounds as justify any one in suspecting another of a crime, and giving him in custody thereon. It la a defense to an action for false imprisonment.

— Reasonable creature. Under the common-law rule that murder is taking the life of a "reasonable creature" under the king's peace, with malice aforethought, the phrase means a human being, and has no reference to his mental condition, as it includes a lunatic, an idiot, and even an unborn child. See State v. Jones, Walk. (Miss.) 85.

— Reasonable part. In old English law. That share of a man's goods which the law gave to his wife and children after his decease. 2 Bl. Comm. 492. As to reasonable "Allis," "Care," "Diligence," "Doubt," "Notice," "Sklll," and "Time," sce those titles.