Basic Legal Vocab Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| 1. Two parts: clear explanation and permission from competent and voluntary patient. | Informed Consent |
| 2. Voluntary agreement between two or more people with three parts. | Contract |
| 3. Person who claims harm, and brings charges against the alleged offender. | Plaintiff |
| 4. Protects all citizens from people who pose a threat to society. May impose punishments. | Criminal Laws |
| 5. Occurs when someone's reputation is intentionally damaged by another making false statements. | Defamation of character |
| 6. Occurs when someone unintentionally harms a person by acting in an improper way. | Negligence |
| 7. Cannot enter into a legal contract because of age, unconscious or incompetent. | Legal disability |
| 8.An agreement that is understood without being stated in words or writing. | Implied Contract |
| 9.Occurs when someone intentionally interferes with a person’s right to be left alone. | Invasion of Privacy |
| 10.Focuses on disputes between people. If guilty money is paid to the plaintiff | Civil Laws |
| 11.The alleged offender. | Defendant |
| 12.An agreement that is specifically and clearly stated. Agreement may be made either in words or writing. | Expressed Contract |
| 13.Occurs when a health care worker unintentionally harms patients as a result of not following their profession’s scope of practice. | Malpractice |
| 14.Occurs when someone intentionally touches another person without the person’s permission. | Battery |
| 15.Occurs when someone speaks false words about another. | Slander |
| 16.Occurs when someone publishes false text or images of another. | Libel |
| 17.Occurs when a person intentionally threatens or attempts to harm a person. | Assault |
| 18. Occurs when someone intentionally violates a person’s freedom. | False imprisonment |
| 19.A case in which a person is harmed because of another person’s actions or failure to act. A civil wrong. | Tort |
| 20. What health care workers should and should not do according to their profession. | Scope of practice |
| 21. I am rules of conduct enacted and enforced by governments | Laws |
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