Introduction to Laws
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
Help!
|
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civil Law | governs the relationship between individuals within society
🗑
|
||||
| Criminal Law | governs the relationhip of the individual to a society as a whole
🗑
|
||||
| Defendant | The person or group against whom charges are brought in court action
🗑
|
||||
| Deposition | an oral testimony taken by a court reporter at a location outside the courtroom
🗑
|
||||
| Jurisdiction | the power, right, and authority given to a court to hear a case and make a judgment
🗑
|
||||
| Plaintiff | the person who files a lawsuit initiating a civil legal action
🗑
|
||||
| Statute of limitations | the law that limits the period during which a person can sue
🗑
|
||||
| Subpoena | a court order that requires an individual to appear as a witness in court or to make himself or herself available to be deposed
🗑
|
||||
| law | a rule or regulation established by a governing body
🗑
|
||||
| Ethics | study of values or principles governing personal relationships
🗑
|
||||
| Standards | guidelines for practice established by professional organizations
🗑
|
||||
| Legislative | Creates laws
🗑
|
||||
| Executive | enforces laws
🗑
|
||||
| Judicial | interprets laws
🗑
|
||||
| Misdemeanors | punishable by fines and/or imprisonment up to one year, usually in ciry or county jail
🗑
|
||||
| Felonies | serious crimes punishable by larger fines and/or imprisonment for more than one year in a state penitentiary
🗑
|
||||
| Treason | most serious type, consist of attempts to overthrow the government of the country
🗑
|
||||
| Tort Law | allowed for persons who has suffered from harm from wrongful acts of another to seek remedy
🗑
|
||||
| Tort | a private wrong against another person or their property
🗑
|
||||
| negligence | not doing something that a reasonable person would do in a given situation, or doing something that a reasonable person would not do in a similar situation
🗑
|
||||
| Malpratice | a negligence that occurs withing a profession
🗑
|
||||
| Contract law | involves agreements that create obligations between several parties
🗑
|
||||
| Adminstrative Law | consists of rules and regulations established by agencies of the federal government
🗑
|
||||
| crime | violation of the law
🗑
|
||||
| criminal | individual in violation of the law
🗑
|
||||
| Accessory | an individual who helps someone commit a crime
🗑
|
||||
| fraud | dishonest and deceitful practices undertaken to induce someone to part with something of calue or legal right
🗑
|
||||
| libel | degamatory writing
🗑
|
||||
| slander | spoken words that jeopardize someone's reputation
🗑
|
||||
| abuse | the improper use of equipment,substance or service
🗑
|
Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Created by:
danice18
Popular Pharmacology sets