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wednesbury unreasonable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.83 in modern English

Syllables
wednes-bury un-rea-son-able
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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

Etymology

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

What does wednesbury unreasonable mean?
In judicial reviews of administrative decisions: being unreasonable to the extent that no reasonable person or authority would make such a decision.
Where does wednesbury unreasonable come from?
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.

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