The US Legal System QUIZ
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| Assault | A threat or attempt to inflict offensive physical contact or bodily n a person that puts the person in immediate danger of or in apprehension of such harm or contact.
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| Battery | Bodily harm or unlawful touching of another. In the medical field, treating the patient without consent is considered battery.
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| Civil code | Comprehensive collection of private laws, usually including common private laws such as those concerning contracts, torts, property, inheritance, and family issues; as opposed to corporate law.
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| Common law | Law of precedents built on a case-b-case basis and established by citing interpretation of existing laws by judges in previous suits. Also known as "judge made law."
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| Defendant | Person or entity sued.
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| Discovery | Process of gathering information in preparation for trial.
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| Federal court | Court having jurisdiction over cases in which the U.S. Constitution and federal statutes apply; these can be federal district courts (trial courts), district courts of appeals, or the U.S. Supreme Court.
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| Felony | Serious crime punishable by relatively large fines and/or imprisonment for more than 1 year and, in some cases, death.
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| Law | The foundation of statutes, rules, and regulations that governs people, relationships, behaviors, and interactions with the state, society, and federal government.
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| Malpractice | The failure of a professional to meet the standard of conduct that a reasonable and prudent member of the profession would exercise in similar circumstances; it results.
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| Medical ethics | Principles based on the medical profession that determine moral behavior.
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| Medical law | Laws that are prescribed specifically pertaining to the medical field.
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| Misdemeanor | Lesser crime punishable by usually modest fines or penalties established by the state or federal government and /or imprisonment of less than 1 year.
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| Negligence | The failure to use such care as a reasonably prudent and careful person would use under similar circumstances.
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| Plaintiff | The person or entity bringing a suit or claim.
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| Standard of Care | The average knowledge and expertise that one can expect from a healthcare professional in the same area or field and with the same base of training.
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| Statute of limitations | Defense against a tort action; a specific amount of time of discovering that a wrong has been committed.
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| Tort | A wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
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| Blue or Black | What color pen is to be used when charting?
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| White out | ____ may not be used while charting.
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