Equivalents Outside of Common Law Systems
In Roman law, the standard of reasonable care, for example by a trustee or guardian, was that of the pater familias or the bonus pater familias ("good father of a family"). In French law, this is rendered as the bon père de famille, an expression also used in Quebec until it was superseded by the common-law influenced personne raisonnable. In Portuguese and Portugal-related legal systems, the standard is the bom pai de família.
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