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29 relations: American Jurisprudence, Australia, Burden of proof (law), California, Common law, Crime, Criminal law, Damages, Fatal Accidents Act 1846, Intentional infliction of emotional distress, Lawsuit, Manslaughter, Medical malpractice, Mississippi, Murder, Negligence, Negligent homicide, New Hampshire, Oregon, Product liability, Prosecutor, Retributive justice, Statute, Statute of limitations, Suicide, Tort, Waiver, Weregild, Wyoming.
American Jurisprudence
American Jurisprudence (second edition is cited as Am. Jur. 2d) is an encyclopedia of the United States law, published by West.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.
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Burden of proof (law)
The burden of proof (onus probandi) is the obligation of a party in a trial to produce the evidence that will prove the claims they have made against the other party.
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California
California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.
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Common law
Common law (also known as judicial precedent or judge-made law, or case law) is that body of law derived from judicial decisions of courts and similar tribunals.
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Crime
In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority.
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Criminal law
Criminal law is the body of law that relates to crime.
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Damages
In law, damages are an award, typically of money, to be paid to a person as compensation for loss or injury.
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Fatal Accidents Act 1846
The Fatal Accidents Act 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c.93), commonly known as Lord Campbell's Act, was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, that, for the first time in England and Wales, allowed relatives of people killed by the wrongdoing of others to recover damages.
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Intentional infliction of emotional distress
Intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED; sometimes called the tort of outrage) is a common law tort that allows individuals to recover for severe emotional distress caused by another individual who intentionally or recklessly inflicted emotional distress by behaving in an "extreme and outrageous" way.
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Lawsuit
A lawsuit (or suit in law) is "a vernacular term for a suit, action, or cause instituted or depending between two private persons in the courts of law." A lawsuit is any proceeding by a party or parties against another in a court of law.
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Manslaughter
Manslaughter is a common law legal term for homicide considered by law as less culpable than murder.
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Medical malpractice
Medical malpractice is a legal cause of action that occurs when a medical or health care professional deviates from standards in his or her profession, thereby causing injury to a patient.
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Mississippi
Mississippi is a state in the Southern United States, with part of its southern border formed by the Gulf of Mexico.
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Murder
Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human being with malice aforethought.
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Negligence
Negligence (Lat. negligentia) is a failure to exercise appropriate and or ethical ruled care expected to be exercised amongst specified circumstances.
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Negligent homicide
Negligent homicide is a criminal charge brought against a person who, through criminal negligence, allows another person to die.
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New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.
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Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region on the West Coast of the United States.
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Product liability
Product liability is the area of law in which manufacturers, distributors, suppliers, retailers, and others who make products available to the public are held responsible for the injuries those products cause.
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Prosecutor
A prosecutor is a legal representative of the prosecution in countries with either the common law adversarial system, or the civil law inquisitorial system.
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Retributive justice
Retributive justice is a theory of justice that holds that the best response to a crime is a punishment proportional to the offense, inflicted because the offender deserves the punishment.
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Statute
A statute is a formal written enactment of a legislative authority that governs a city, state, or country.
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Statute of limitations
Statutes of limitations are laws passed by legislative bodies in common law systems to set the maximum time after an event within which legal proceedings may be initiated.
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Suicide
Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death.
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Tort
A tort, in common law jurisdictions, is a civil wrong that causes a claimant to suffer loss or harm resulting in legal liability for the person who commits the tortious act.
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Waiver
A waiver is the voluntary relinquishment or surrender of some known right or privilege.
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Weregild
Weregild (also spelled wergild, wergeld (in archaic/historical usage of English), weregeld, etc.), also known as man price, was a value placed on every being and piece of property, for example in the Frankish Salic Code.
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Wyoming
Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the western United States.
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References
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