Monday, April 8, 2013

Welcome Back

Hello Everyone,

Welcome back from Spring Break.  I hope you had a nice, relaxing time.

Please bring your time sheet(s).  Also for Wednesday 4/10, PRINT THIS OUT and bring it to class.  Feel free to fill in what you already know. We will review it in class. You will be graded for having it with you. THANK YOU!


 Medicine and Law Quiz                   Medical Occupations   Tri-Valley ROP                          Erceg        

Name:______________________

1.       To withdraw protection or support; in medicine to discontinue medical care. _______________

2.       The formal action of a legislative body    _________.

3.       The finding or a decision of a jury on a matter submitted to it in trial. ___________

4.       This is a legal representative for a minor. _________________________

5.       A list of legal cases to be tried. _____________

6.       To agree to something, especially after thoughtful considerations.___________

7.       An assertion made without proof is called this? ______________

8.       A fundamental constitutional guarantee that all legal proceedings will be fair. _______________

9.       A legal proceeding by which a case is brought before a higher court for review of the decision

of a lower court. ________________

10.   A legal term used for a deceased person. _________________

11.   A coded delineation of the rules and regulations published in the Federal Register by the various

departments of the federal government. ____________________________________

12.   More and more people are prone to engage in lawsuits.  This is considered ______________.

13.   Failure to exercise the care a prudent person usually exercises. __________________

14.   What is preponderance of the evidence mean? ____________________________________________________________________________

15.   The pretense of curing disease. ____________________

16.   A turning to something or someone for help or protection._____________________________

17.   An officer of some U.S. courts who usually serves as a messenger or usher, who keeps order at the request of the judge. ________________

18.   The hearing and determination of a cause in controversy by a person or persons either chosen by the parties involved or appointed under statutory authority.

19.   What are damages? ______________________________________________________________

20.   An intentional, unlawful attempt of bodily injury to another by force. ____________________

21.   A major crime, such as murder, rape, or burglary; punishable by a more stringent  sentence that is given for a misdemeanor.______________________

22.   Statutes in some states that may prevent a party from recovering some damages if he or she contributed in any way to the injury or condition. ___________________________________

23.   A person under legal age who is self supporting and living apart from parents or a guardian; a mature minor considered by the courts to possess a sufficient understanding of self-care and responsibility. ________________________________________________

24.   A binding custom or practice of a community; a rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally recognized as binding pr enforceable by a controlling authority._______

25.   Having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand. ______________________

26.   Consent, usually written which states understanding of what treatment is to be undertaken and of the risks involved. ______________________________________________

27.   A sum imposed as punishment for an offense.___________

28.   What is an infraction? ___________________________________________________

29.   Authoritative decree or direction; law set forth  by a governmental authority.________________________________

30.   Obligated according to law or equity._____________________

31.   Of or relating to a judgment, the function of judging, the administration of justice.___________

32.   A person required to answer in legal action or suit._____________________

33.   Presumed consent, such as when a patient offers an arm for a phlebotomy procedure._________________________________

34.   A minor crime, as opposed to a felony; punishable by fine or imprisonment in a city or county jail. ______________________________________

35.   The person required to make answer in a civil legal action or suit.__________________________

36.   Laws enacted by the legislative branch of a government.____________________________

37.   The voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath. _____________________________________________

38.   Oral defamation, a harmful false statement made about another person. __________________

39.   To surpass in rank, dignity or importance; to be, go or come ahead or in front of.___________________

40.   What is subpoena duces tecum?_______________________________________________________________________

41.   Doubt based on reason and arising from evidence or lack of evidence. _______________________________________________

42.   A writ or document commanding a person to appear in court._________________________

43.   A solemn declaration usually made orally by a witness under oath. _____________________

44.   The person or group bringing a case or legal action to court._________________________

WORD BANK

       Abandonment, Act, Allegation, Appeal, Arbitration, Assault, Assent, Bailiff, Decedent, Defendant,

       Docket, Due Process, Emancipated Minor, Felony, Fine, Guardian Ad Litem, Implied Consent,

       Code of Federal Regulations, Contributory Negligence, A legally binding request to appear in court

        and provide records or documents that pertain to a particular case., Informed Consent, Law,

        Judicial, Litigious, Misdemeanor, Negligence, Ordinance, Perjured Testimony, Plaintiff, Precedence

       Quackery, Reasonable Doubt, Recourse, Relevant, Respondent, Slander, Statutes, Liable, Subpoena,

       Testimony, Verdict, Loss or harm from injury to a person, property or reputation. Breaking the law,

        minor offenses against the rules. Evidence of greater weight or more convincing than the evidence
 
Thank you. 
Mrs. Erceg

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