Conformable or agreeable to reason; just; rational. 2. An award must be reasonable, for if it be of things nugatory in themselves, and offering no advantage to either of the parties, it cannot be enforced. 3 Bouv. Inst. n. 2096. Vide Award.
Law Dictionary – Alternative Legal Definition
Agreeable to reason; Just; proper. Ordinary or usual. Reasonable not. Such as may fairly, justly, and reasonably be required of a party. Reasonable and probable cause. Such grounds as justify any one in suspecting another of a crime, and giving him in custody thereon. It is 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 “Aids,” “Care,” “Diligence,” “Doubt,” “Notice,” “Skill,” and “Time,” see those titles.