Legal Stuffs Flashcards
(22 cards)
2 types of law
Civil law and Criminal Law
Civil Law
between people and the protection of rights
Criminal Law
wrongs against a person, property, or society
Torts
wrongful law that doesn’t involve a contract
Malpractice
failure of a professional to use skill expected
Negligence
failure to give normally expected care, causing harm
Assault
threat or attempt to injure
Battery
unlawful touching
Invasion of Privacy
exposing someone or revealing personal information
False Inprisonment
restraining a person or keeping them against their will
Defamation
false statements about a person
Slander
spoken defamation
Libel
written defamation
Physical Verbal Psychological Sexual Domestic Child Elder are all kinds of…
abuse
Signs of Abuse
unexplained physical trauma, bruises, fractures, burns, injuries, fear or change of personality, aggression
Signs of Neglect
poor hygiene
Contract
agreement between people
Ethics
what is morally right or wrong
When a physician does surgery without training, this is an example of?
Malpractice
What are legal responsibilities that are authorized or based on law?
Legal
Focuses on legal relations between people and the protection of peoples rights
Civil Law
What is a tort?
Wrongful act without a contract.