(UK, law) Any hypothetical person used in a legal test related to trade marks; the "moron in a hurry" is the only person who could reasonably be imagined to confuse two marks.
(UK, law) Any hypothetical person used in a legal test related to trade marks; the "moron in a hurry" is the only person who could reasonably be imagined to confuse two marks.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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A person who hurries.
(UK, law) Any hypothetical reasonable person used by the Courts in considering questions of reasonableness; an everyman.
(legal, US) An imaginary or trivial legal offense.
(UK, law) A hypothetical person having the normal skills and knowledge in a particular technical field (an "art"), without being a genius; used in a legal test related to patents.
(legal, UK, obsolete) One who argued moot trials in the Inns of Court.