Reasonable care
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
That degree of care which a person of ordinary prudence would exercise under a given state of facts in doing or refraining from doing the act or omission in question. See 127 Tenn. 154, Ann. Cas. 1S114B, 1020, 153 S. W. 1120.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
That care and foresight which men of ordinary prudence are accustomed to employ. Johnson v. R. Co., 0 Duer (N. Y.) 040. It is synonymous with ordinary care; Cronk v. R. Co., 3 S. Dak. 93, 52 N. W. 420; see Levering v. Ins. Co., 42 Mo. 95, 97 Am. Dec. 320; or due care; Butterfield v. R. Corp., 10 Allen (Mass.) 532, 87 Am. Dec. 678. See Care; Due Care; Negligence; Ordinary Care.