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| Body of regulations that govern society and that people are obligated to observe. |
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| legislative branch, executive branch, judicial branch |
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| Law dealing with criminal offenses and their punishments. |
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| The legal rights defining the relationship between private entities. |
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| The legal rights defining the relationship between government and the governed. |
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| Rules that govern private rights and remedies, as well as disputes between individuals regarding contracts, property, and family law. |
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| The person or group accused in a court action. |
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| A person who files a lawsuit initiating a civil legal action. |
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| An offense punishable by death or by imprisonment in a state or federal prison. Crimes include: murder, kidnapping, assault, or rape. |
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| A crime that is less serious than a felony and consequently carries a lesser penalty. |
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| A civil wrong committed against a person or property ,excluding breach of contract. |
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| The Four Ds of Negligence |
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| Duty, dereliction, damage, and direct causation |
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| A willful attempt or threat by a person to injure another person with the apparent ability to do so. |
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| Spoken or written workds about a person that are both false and malicious and that injure that person's reputation or means of livelihood and for which damages can be recovered. |
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| Defamatory writing, such as published material or pictures. |
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| The intentional, unlawful restraint or confinement of a person. |
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| Dishonest and deceitful practices undertaken in order to induce someone to part with something of value or a legal right. |
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| Intrusion into a person's private affairs and public disclosure of a private facts about a person, false publicity about a person or use of a person's name or likeness without permission. |
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| A situation wherein a patient is provided with insufficient care, or no care at all. |
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| Infliction of emotional distress |
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| Intentionally or recklessly causing emotional or mental suffering to others. |
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| The unlawful use of force on a person. |
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| Acts that are not intended to cause harm but are committed unreasonably or with a disregard for the consequences. |
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| An official paper ordering a person to appear in court under penalty for failure to do so. |
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| A legal document requiring the recipient to bring certain records to court to be used as evidence in a lawsuit. |
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| Sworn pretrial testimony given by a witness in response to written or oral questions and cross-examination. |
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| A legal defense that holds that the defendant is not guilt of a negligent act because the plaintiff knew of and accepted beforehand any risk involved. |
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| The period of time established by state law during which a lawsuit may be filed. |
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| The principle and practice of treating something as a private matter not intended for public knowledge. |
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| Durable Power of Attorney |
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| A written document in which one person appoints another to acts as his or her agent. |
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| A voluntary agreement between two or more parties in which specific promises are made for a consideration. |
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| A statue that provides immunity from liability to volunteers at the scene of an accident who render emergency care. |
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| a person who has not reached the age of majority or legal age. |
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| A Latin phrase meaning "the matter speaks for itself" |
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| A Latin phrase meaning "something for something" |
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| A Latin phrase meaning "let the higher-up answer" |
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| A Latin phrase meaning "the matter has been decided" |
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| The improper use of equipment, a substance, or a service, either intentionally or unintentionally. |
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| A concept of employment whereby either the employer or the employee can terminate employment at any time and for any reason. |
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| The study of values or principles governing personal relationships, including ideals of autonomy, justice, and conduct. |
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| A discipline dealing with the ethical and moral implications of biological research and applications, especially as they relate to life and death. |
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| Conforming to a standard of right behavior or a rule of conduct based on standards of right and wrong. |
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| A basic viewpoint or system of values, general beliefs, concepts and attitudes. |
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| Standards of behavior considered appropriate within a profession. |
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| Active goodness or kindness. |
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| Abstnence from committing any harm. |
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| An unethical practice in which a physician accepts payment from another physician solely for referral of a patient. |
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| An unethical practice of charging excessive or illegal fees. |
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| The provision of medical care to physician colleagues free of charge or at a reduced fee. |
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| The deceitful, unethical substitution of another surgeon without the patient's consent. |
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