Bonus pater familias

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In

reasonable man in the common law.[1]

In

Código Civil.[2] It is also used in Latin American countries.[3]

In

Civil Code
, in its direct translation ("um bom pai de família").

In

Italian law
, the term is used in a direct translation ("<diligenza del> buon padre di famiglia").

Similar is the

trust as being "ceux qu’un bon père de famille apporte à l’administration de ses propres affaires".[4] In the English version of the decision, this concept was translated as "that of a man of ordinary prudence in managing his own affairs."[5]

References

  1. ^ Parker, Wendy. "The reasonable person: a gendered concept?" (PDF). Victoria University of Wellington Law Review. 23 (1993): 105, 112.
  2. ^ Código Civil, art. 1.094, 1.104.2, 1.903.
  3. ^ e.g.Código Civil de Venezuela, art. 1133; Código Civil de Colombia, art.63
  4. ^ Supreme Court of Canada. Fales c. Canada Permanent Trust Co., [1977] 2 RCS 302, 1976 CanLII 14 (CSC) (per Dickson J.). CanLII. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  5. ^ Supreme Court of Canada. Fales v. Canada Permanent Trust Co., [1977] 2 SCR 302, 1976 CanLII 14 (SCC) (per Dickson J.) CanLII. Retrieved 22 November 2018.