Question | Answer |
ADMINISTER | TO GIVE MEDICATION |
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW | ESTABLISHES AGENCIES THAT ARE GIVEN THE POWER TO MAKE LAWS AND ENACT REGULATIONS |
ALTERNATE DISPUTE RESOLUTION | AN ALTERNATIVE TO TRIAL ENCOURAGES THE PARTIES TO SETTLE THIER DIFFERENCES OUT OF COURT |
ARBITRATION | A FORM OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION THAT ALLOWS NEUTRAL PARTY TO SETTLE THE DISPUTE |
CIVIL LAW | LAW RELATED TO ACTIONS BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS |
COMMON LAW | REFERS TO LAW DEVELOPMENT IN ENGLAND AND FRANCE AND BROUGHT TO THE UNITED STATES BY EARLY SETTERS |
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | CONSISTS OF LAWS THAT ARE MADE BY CONSTITUTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES OR INDIVIDUAL STATES |
CONTRACT LAW | LAW THAT REFERS TO AGREEMENTS BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES THAT ARE BINDING |
CRIMINAL LAW | LAW RELATED TO WRONGS COMMITTED AGAINST THE WELFARE AND SAFETY OF SOCIETY AS A HOLE |
DEFENDANT | PERSON WHO DEFENDS ACTIONS BROUGHT IN LITIGATION |
DEPOSITION | ORAL TESTIMONY GIVEN BY AN INDIVIDUAL WITH A COURT REPORTER AND ATTORNEYS FOR BOTH SIDES PRESENT |
DISCOVERY | THE TIME IN WHICH BOTH PARTIES ARE ALLOWED ACCESS TO ALL INFORMATION AND EVIDENCE RELATED TO A CASE |
DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE | LEGAL FORM THAT ALLOWS A DESIGNATED PERSON TO ACT ON ANOTHER BEHALF IN REGARDS TO HEALTHCARE |
EMANCIPATED MINOR | PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 18 YEARS WHO ARE FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THEMSELVES AND ARE FREE OF PARENTAL CARE |
EXPERT WITNESS | INDIVIDUAL WITH HIGHLY SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS IN A PARTICULAR ARE WHO TESTIFIES TO A STANDARD OF CARE |
EXPRESSED CONTRACT | WRITTEN OR VERBAL CONTRACT THAT SPECIFICALLY DESCRIBES WHAT EACH PARTY IN THE CONTRACT WILL DO |
FELONY | A SEROUS CRIME SUCH AS MURDER, LARCENY (THEFT OF LARGE SUMS OF MONEY), ASSAULT, AND RAPE |
IMPLIED CONSENT | CONSENT COMPLIED BY THE HEALTH CARE MEMBER |
INCOMPETENCE | LEGALLY, A PERSON WHO IS INSANE, INADEQUATE , OR NOT AN ADULT |
INFORMED CONSENT | CONSENT GIVEN BY THE PATIENT WHO IS MADE AWARE OF ANY PROCEDURE TO BE PERFORMED, ITS RISKS, EXPECTED OUTCOME AND ALTERNATIVE |
LIBEL | FALSE AND MALICIOUS WRITING ABOUT ANOTHER CONSTITUTING A DEFAMATION OF CHARACTER |
LITIGATION | COURT ACTION |
MALPRACTICE | PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE |
BIOETHICS | BRANCH OF MEDICAL ETHICS CONCERNED WITH MORAL ISSUES RESULTING FROM HIGH TECHNOLOGY AND SOPHISTICATED MEDICAL RESEARCH |
ETHICS | DEFINED IN TERMS OF WHAT IS MORALLY RIGHT OR WRONG |