medicalterms2 Word Scramble
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accessory | a person who, even if not present, is related with the performance of a felonious act |
accreditation | a non-government, voluntary process that evaluates institutions, agencies and educational programs |
civil law | state or nation which deal with the enforcement of civil rights |
battery | the use of force or violence upon the person of another |
common law | unwritten law that is based on customs or court decisions |
criminal law | laws that pertain to crime and its punishment |
defendant | the accused |
deposition | written testimony |
Good Samaritan Law | laws exempting physicians and other medical professionals from liability for treatment given in accident cases |
liable | bound or obliged by law; responsible; chargeable |
malpractice | improper professional action or treatment as from ignorance, neglect, or with criminal intent |
malfeasance | the performance of an improper action |
misfeasance | the improper performance of an action which is approved |
nonfeasance | failure to perform an approved action |
misdemeanor | a crime less serious than a felony |
negligence | failure to perform using approved methods of treatment and/or performance of unapproved methods of treatments |
ordinance | law passed by municipal gov. or local gov. |
plaintiff | person who complains; the accuser; he who brings suit |
fraud | intentional perversion of the truth for the purpose of inducing another to part with something of value or to surrender a legal right |
slander | defamation of character by verbal statements |
state licensing | a non-voluntary process by which an agency of gov. regulates a profession |
statute | a written law |
subpoena | an order directed to a person requiring his attendance at a certain time or place |
tort | a civil wrong |
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