NUR1009 CH23 Terms Definitions
Administrative law - Ans:-clearly defines expectations of civil and criminal laws
Battery - Ans:-Legal term for touching another's body without consent.
Case law - Ans:-decisions made in legal cases that were resolved in courts
Civil law - Ans:-Statutes concerned ...
Administrative law - Ans:✔✔-clearly defines expectations of civil and criminal laws
Battery - Ans:✔✔-Legal term for touching another's body without consent.
Case law - Ans:✔✔-decisions made in legal cases that were resolved in courts
Civil law - Ans:✔✔-Statutes concerned with protecting a person's rights.
Common law - Ans:✔✔-One source for law that is created by judicial decisions as opposed to those
created by legislative bodies (statutory law).
Constitutional law - Ans:✔✔-derived from federal and state constitutions
Criminal law - Ans:✔✔-Concerned with acts that threaten society but may involve only an individual.
Defamation of character - Ans:✔✔-publication of false statements that result in damage to a person's
reputation
Durable power of attorney for health care (DPAHC) - Ans:✔✔-a legal document that designates a person
or people of one's choosing to make health care decisions when a patient is no longer able to make
decisions on his or her own behalf
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