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Wednesbury unreasonable

Wednesbury unreasonable adjective: in judicial reviews of administrative decisions: being unreasonable to the extent that no reasonable person or authority would make such a decision.

Adjective

Wednesbury unreasonable (not comparable)

  1. In judicial reviews of administrative decisions: being unreasonable to the extent that no reasonable person or authority would make such a decision.

Origin of Wednesbury unreasonable

From Wednesbury + unreasonable. Wednesbury refers to the case of Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd. v Wednesbury Corporation, in which the Court of Appeal of England and Wales refused to quash a decision by the Wednesbury Corporation to ban children under 15 from entering cinemas on Sundays, and laid down in what cases courts could quash unreasonable administrative decisions.

Questions about Wednesbury unreasonable

What does Wednesbury unreasonable mean?
Wednesbury unreasonable means in judicial reviews of administrative decisions: being unreasonable to the extent that no reasonable person or authority would make such a decision.
What part of speech is Wednesbury unreasonable?
Wednesbury unreasonable is an adjective.

Words near Wednesbury unreasonable in the dictionary

  1. wedlocked
  2. wedlocks
  3. wedmin
  4. Wedmore
  5. Wednesbury
  6. Wednesbury unreasonable
  7. Wednesbury unreasonableness
  8. Wednesdaies
  9. Wednesday
  10. Wednesday spoilers
  11. Wednesdayish

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