Legal Terminalogy Flashcards
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| 1188709158 | Criminal Law | A law that defines crimes against the public order. | |
| 1188709159 | Civil Law | A law that governs relationships between individuals and defines their legal rights. | |
| 1188709160 | Tort | I n law, a civil misdeed requiring compensation | |
| 1188709161 | Malpractice | Failure of professional duty or professional misconduct | |
| 1188709162 | Negligence | An unintentional violation of a legal duty to use a standard of care. | |
| 1188709163 | False Imprisonment | Making a person stay against their wil | |
| 1188709164 | Assualt | occurs when an individual threatens to harm an innocent person using words, gestures, or both. | |
| 1188709165 | Battery | the unlawful beating of a person; act of beating or pounding; any large group of related things | |
| 1188709166 | Invasion of Privacy | This is the release of medical records without the patient's knowledge and permission | |
| 1188709167 | Defamation | Act of harming or ruining another's reputation | |
| 1188709168 | Libel | written | |
| 1188709169 | Slander | spoken |