Legal Stuffs Flashcards

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2 types of law

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Civil law and Criminal Law

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Civil Law

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between people and the protection of rights

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Criminal Law

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wrongs against a person, property, or society

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Torts

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wrongful law that doesn’t involve a contract

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Malpractice

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failure of a professional to use skill expected

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Negligence

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failure to give normally expected care, causing harm

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Assault

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threat or attempt to injure

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Battery

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unlawful touching

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Invasion of Privacy

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exposing someone or revealing personal information

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False Inprisonment

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restraining a person or keeping them against their will

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Defamation

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false statements about a person

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Slander

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spoken defamation

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Libel

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written defamation

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Physical Verbal Psychological Sexual Domestic Child Elder are all kinds of…

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abuse

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Signs of Abuse

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unexplained physical trauma, bruises, fractures, burns, injuries, fear or change of personality, aggression

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Signs of Neglect

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poor hygiene

17
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Contract

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agreement between people

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Ethics

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what is morally right or wrong

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When a physician does surgery without training, this is an example of?

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Malpractice

20
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What are legal responsibilities that are authorized or based on law?

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Legal

21
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Focuses on legal relations between people and the protection of peoples rights

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Civil Law

22
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What is a tort?

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Wrongful act without a contract.