man on the Clapham omnibus

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any hypothetical reasonable person used by the Courts in considering questions of reasonableness; an everyman. UK
    — Near-synonyms: man on the Bondi tram, man on the Shau Kei Wan tram, reasonable person
  2. Any ordinary person; everyman. UK,broadly

词形变化

men on the Clapham omnibus plural,rare

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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