| A | B |
|---|
| assault | threat or attempt to injure another |
| battery | unlawful touching of another without consent |
| breach | breaking the law, an obligation or contract |
| civil law | legal relationships between individuals |
| common law | unwritten law, customs that have authority due to prior court decisions |
| conduct | behavior |
| confidential | private |
| consent | permission granted by a person voluntarily |
| crime | performing an act that is forbidden or omitting a duty required by law |
| criminal law | defines the legal obligation between an individual and society |
| custom | an accepted behavior or common practice |
| ethics | standards of behavior and practice established by a professional organization |
| felony | serious crime requiring penalty of more than 1 year imprisonment |
| ideal | standard of perfection or excellence |
| illegal restraint | holding a person against their will |
| invasion of privacy | unlawfully making known to public any private information without consent |
| jurisprudence | science of law |
| legal | deriving authority from law |
| liable | legally responsible for one's own actions |
| libel | communicating something untruthful and harmful about another in writing |
| licensure | authorization by state to perform the functions of an occupation |
| litigation | a lawsuit |
| malpractice | bad or harmful practice that injures another person |
| misdemeanors | serious crime requiring penalty of less than 1 year imprisonment |
| moral | relating to principles of right and wrong |
| negligence | failure to perform duties in a reasonable way |
| privileged communication | private information relating |
| reasonable care | services given in a manner appropriate to level of education of the health care worker |
| slander | verbally communicating something untruthful and harmful about another person |
| statutory law | law made by legislature |
| tort | civil wrong |
| unethical | action that does not represent ideal behavior by may not be illegal |
| will | written document that allows a person to distribute property after death |
