Ordinary skill
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
The degree of skill which men engaged in the art in question usually employ. See 78 Md. 375, 44 Am. St. Rep. 304, 22 L. R. A. 690, 28 Atl. 279.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Such skill as a person conversant with the matter undertaken might be reasonably supposed to have. 11 M. & W. 113; Percy v. Millaudon, 8 Mart. N. S. (La.) 68, 75; Boon v. Murphy, 108 N. C. 187, 12 S. E. 1032. See Negligence. One who undertakes to act in a professional or other clearly defined capacity is bound to exercise the skill appropriate to such capacity; Webb, Pollock, Torts 26; though the undertaking be gratuitous; Leighton v. Sargent, 31 N. II. 119, 64 Am. Dec. 323.