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• reasonable time — n. A fair and appropriate amount of time to do something under given circumstances. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. reasonable time A v …   Law dictionary

• reasonable time for transportation — Of passenger :transportation in time according with published time table or schedule as due care in accord with the circumstances of the case permits. 14 Am J2d Car § 881. Of freight: transportation in such time as the mode of conveyance, the… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• reasonable time for delivery — A delivery by a seller of goods during usual business hours where the purchaser is a merchant; a delivery at any hour of the day designated for delivery, provided there is still sufficient light, time, and opportunity for the purchaser properly… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• reasonable — Fair, proper, just, moderate, suitable under the circumstances. Fit and appropriate to the end in view. Having the faculty of reason; rational; governed by reason; under the influence of reason; agreeable to reason. Thinking, speaking, or acting… …   Black's law dictionary

• time is of the essence — When a clause in a contract (normally related to a time deadline) is made of the essence , it means that the innocent party can claim immediately if the relevant provision is broken without having to give any notice or allow a period for… …   Law dictionary

• within reason — {adv.} or {adj. phr.} Within the limits of good sense; in reasonable control or check; moderate. * /I want you to have a good time tonight, within reason./ * /If Tom wants to go to the fair, he must keep his expenses within reason./ * /Jean s… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• within reason — {adv.} or {adj. phr.} Within the limits of good sense; in reasonable control or check; moderate. * /I want you to have a good time tonight, within reason./ * /If Tom wants to go to the fair, he must keep his expenses within reason./ * /Jean s… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• time — The measure of duration. The word is expressive both of a precise point or terminus and of an interval between two points. A point in or space of duration at or during which some fact is alleged to have been committed. See also computation of… …   Black's law dictionary

• time — A concept related to motion, as one day for the complete rotation of the earth, a year for the complete revolution of the earth around the sun. A period of history. A period within the lifetime of a person, as a term of apprenticeship, even of… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• at any time — A phrase of relative meaning to be construed according to the particular context in which it appears. Under a statute providing that anyone claiming an interest in the litigation may at any time be permitted to assert his right by intervention,… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• at any time — Grant of time without limit. Haworth v. Hubbard, 220 Ind. 611, 44 N.E.2d 967, 970. Period of time limited by circumstances. Imes v. Globe Oil & Refining Co., 184 Okl. 79, 84 P.2d 1106, 1107, 1108. Within a reasonable time …   Black's law dictionary