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Vocabulary Chpt 7
Medicine and Law Section 3
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paraphrased | Restated; applies to restatement of text, passage, or work to convey the meaning in another form |
perjured testimony | The voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised undre oath; false testimony |
physician office laboratories (POLs) | Laboratories owned by a private physician or corporation, such as the laboratory inside a physician's office or a freestanding laboratory. |
plaintiff | The person or group bringing a case or legal action to court. |
precedence | To surpass in rank, dignity, or importance; to be, go, or come ahead or in front of. |
precedents | A person or thing that serves as a model; something done or said that may serve as an example or rule to authorize or justify a subsequent act of the same kind. |
preponderance of the evidence | Evidence that is of greater weight or more convincing than the evidence offered in opposition to it; evidence that as a whole shows that the fact sought to be proven is more probable than not. |
prudent | Marked by wisdom or judiciousness; shrewd in the management of practical affairs. |
quackery | The pretense of curing disease. |
reasonable doubt | Doubt based on reason and arising from evidence or lack of evidence; it is not doubt that is imagined or conjured up, but doubt that would cause reasonable persons to hesitate before acting. |
recourse | A turning to something or someone for help or protection. |
relevant | Having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand. |
respondent | The person required to make answer in a civil legal action or suit; similar to a defendant in a criminal trial. |
slander | Oral defamtion; a harmful, false statement made about another person. |
statutes | Laws enacted by the legislative branch of a government. |
stipulate | To specify as a condition or requirement of an agreement or offer; to make an agreement or covenant to do or forbear from doing something. |
subpoena | A writ or document commanding a person to appear in court under a penalty for failure to appear. |
subpoena duces tecum | A legally binding request to appear in court and provide records or documents that pertain to a particular case. |
testimony | A solemn declaration usually made orally by a witness under oath in response to interrogation by a lawyer or authorized public offical. |
Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) | A unified set of rules covering many business transactions; it has been adopted in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and most US territories. Regulates fields of sales of goods; commercial paper; secured transactions in personal property; banking e |
verdict | The finding or decision of a jury on a matter submitted to it in trial. |