Legal & Ethical Vocab

Question 1

Civil law

Answer 1

Legal relationships

Question 2

Tort

Answer 2

A wrongful act without contract

Question 3

Malpractice

Answer 3

Bad practice

Question 4

Negligence

Answer 4

Failure to give care that is normally expected

Question 5

Assault

Answer 5

Threat or attempt to injure

Question 6

Battery

Answer 6

Unlawful touching of another person without consent

Question 7

Invasion of privacy

Answer 7

Unnecessarily exposing an individual revealing personal information without consent

Question 8

False imprisonment

Answer 8

Rescreening an individual or restricting their freedom

Question 9

Physical abuse

Answer 9

Hitting, forcing me against the wall, or not providing care

Question 10

Verbal abuse

Answer 10

Speaking harshly, swearing/shouting, or writing threats

Question 11

Psychological abuse

Answer 11

Threatening harm; denying right; belittling, intimidating, or threatening to reveal private information

Question 12

Sexual abuse

Answer 12

Unwanted sexual touching/act, sexual gestures, or sexual behavior

Question 13

Slander

Answer 13

Spoken defamation

Question 14

Defamation

Answer 14

False statements that causes someone to be ridiculed

Question 15

Libel

Answer 15

Written defamation

Question 16

Implied contract

Answer 16

Obligations that are understood without express terms

Question 17

Expressed contract

Answer 17

Stated in distinct and clear language or in writing or Orally

Question 18

Legal disability

Answer 18

No legal capacity to form a contract

Question 19

Agent

Answer 19

Person working under the employer

Question 20

Criminal law

Answer 20

Focuses on behavior such as crime