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Medical Seminar
YBI Med Seminar Chap 7 Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is to withdraw protection or support? | abandonment |
| What is the formal action of a legislative body? | act |
| What is a statement by a party to a legal action of what the party undertakes to prove? | allegation |
| What is a legal proceeding by which a case is brought before a higher court for review of the decision in a lower court? | appeal |
| What is the power to review the judgement of another tribunal or body of jurisdiction? | appellate |
| What is the hearing and determination of a cause in controversy by a person or persons either chaosen by the parties involved or appointed under statutory authority? | arbitration |
| Who is a neutral person chosen to settle differences between two parties in a controversy? | arbitrator |
| What is an intentional, unlawful attempt of bodily injury to another by force? | assault |
| What is to agree to something, especially after thoughtful consideration? | assent |
| Who is an officer of some US courts who usually serves as a messenger or usher, who keeps the peace at the request of the judge? | bailiff |
| What is a willful and unlawful use of force or violence on the person of another? | battery |
| What means occurring at the same time? | concurrently |
| What are statutes in some states that may prevent a party from recovering some damages if he or she contributed in any way to the injury or condition? | contributory negligence |
| What is loss or harm resulting from injury to person, property, or reputation? | damages |
| What is a legal term for a deceased person? | decedent |
| Who is a person required to answer in a legal action or suit? In criminal cases, it is the person accused of a crime. | defendant |
| What is a formal record of judicial proceedings? | docket |
| What is a fundamental constitutional guarantee that all legal proceedings will be fair? | due process |
| Who is a person under legal age who is self supporting and living apart from parents or guardian? | emancipated minor |
| Who are people who provide testimony to a court as experts in certain fields or subjects to verify facts presented by one or bothe sides in a lawsuit? | expert witnesses |
| What is a major crime, such as murder, rape, or burglary? | felony |
| What is a sum imposed as punishment for an offense? | fine |
| Who is a legal representative for a minor? | guardian ad litem |
| What is presumed consent? | implied consent |
| What is a consent, usually written, which statees understanding of what treatment is to be undertaken and of the risks involved? | informed consent |
| What are minor offenses against the rules, usually punishable by fines? | infractions |
| What is relating to a judgement, the function of judging, or the administration of justice? | judicial |
| What is a power constitutionally conferred on a judge or magistrate to decide cases according to law and to carry sentince into execution? | jurisdiction |
| What is the science or philosophy of law? | jurisprudence |
| What is a binding custom or proctice of a community? | law |
| What is being obligated according to law or equity? | liable |
| What is a written defamatory statement or representation that conveys an junjustly unfavorable impression? | libel |
| What is prone to engage in lawsuits? | litigious (luh-ti-juhs) |
| What is something that is easily understood or recognized by the mind? | manifestation |
| What is a minor crime, as opposed to a felony? | misdemeanor |
| What is a court that sit in some cities and larger towns and that usually have civil and criminal jurisdiction over cases arising within the municipality? | municipal court |
| What is failure to exercise the care a prudent person usually exercises? | negligence |
| What is an authoritative decree or direction? | ordinance |
| What are substances or materials other than blood that have the potential to carry infectious pathogens? | other potentially infectious materials-OPIM |
| What is the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath? | perjured testimony |
| What are laboratories owned by a private physician or corporation? | physician office laboratories-POLs |
| Who is the person of group bringing a case or legal action to court? | plaintiff |
| What is to surpass in rank, dignity, or importance? | precedence |
| What is something done or said that may serve as an example or rule to authorize or justify a subsequent act of the same kind? | precedents |
| What is evidence of greater weight or more convincing than the evidence offered in opposition to it? | preponderance of the evidence |
| What is shrew in the management of practical affairs? | prudent |
| What is the pretense of curing disease? | quackery |
| What is doubt based on reason and arising from evidence or lack of evidence? | reasonable doubt |
| What is the mutual exchange of privileges? | reciprocity |
| What is turning to something or someone for help or protection? | recourse |
| What is having significant and emonstraable bearing on the matter at hand? | relevant |
| Who is the person required to make answer in a civil legal action or suit? | respondent |
| What is oral defamation? | slander |
| What are laws enacted by the legislative branch of a government? | statutes |
| What is to specify as a condition or requirement of an agreement or offer? | stipulate |
| What is a document commanding a person to appear in court under a penalty for failure to appear? | subpoena |
| What is solemn declaration usually made orally by a witness under oath in response to interrogation by a lawyer or authorized public official? | testimony |
| What is the finding or decision of a jury on a matter submitted to it in trial? | verdict |
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