365 Chapter 4

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Across
  1. 2. criminal offense punishable by fine or imprisonment more than 1 year
  2. 5. a type of tort that involves intentional misconduct
  3. 7. a crime punishable by fine or imprisonment less than 1 year
  4. 8. a voluntary agreement between two parties
  5. 10. branch of government that includes the president
  6. 14. the body of unwritten law developed in England
  7. 17. power to hear a case
  8. 18. contracts that are spoken or written
  9. 19. set by legal precedent
  10. 23. a type of tort that includes acts that are not in
  11. 25. one party makes an offer, the other party accepts it
  12. 26. law that does not involve crimes but instead wrongful acts
  13. 27. type of court with jurisdiction over federal law
  14. 28. branch of government that interprets and oversees laws
  15. 29. law that derives from federal and state constitutions
  16. 30. law established through common law and legal precedent
Down
  1. 1. a civil wrong committed against a person or property, including breach of contract
  2. 3. branch of government that writes and passes bills
  3. 4. charge when a healthcare practitioner fails to exercise ordinary care and a patient is injured
  4. 6. government as plaintiff if criminal case
  5. 9. when a patient leaves the hospital before the physician has discharged them
  6. 11. contracts that are not spoken or written
  7. 12. based on the U.S. constitution
  8. 13. something of value is bargained
  9. 15. person bring charges
  10. 16. party against whom charges are brought
  11. 20. law that involves crimes against the state
  12. 21. enacted by state or federal legislatures
  13. 22. enacted to define specific agency powers
  14. 24. part of the consumer protection act