Across
- 2. Conduct that is illegal or contrary to an official's obligation
- 3. Lesser offences
- 5. Serious crimes that include murder, rape, assault, and larceny or thefts of large amounts of money
- 9. Professional negligence or the failure of a medical professional to perform the duty required of the position, causing injury to another
- 10. The failure to exercise the standard of care that a reasonable person would exercise in similar circumstances
- 11. law Laws made by the U.S
- 12. A wrongful act, other than a breach of contract, resulting in injury to one person by another
- 13. ipsa loquitur Latin for "the thing speaks for itself"
- 14. False and malicious spoken words
Down
- 1. Term that means a person is not able to manage their own affairs due to a disability
- 4. An order from the court naming a specific date, time, and reason to appear
- 6. Court action
- 7. Unprivileged touching of one person by another
- 8. superior Latin for "let the master answer"
- 9. A person who has not reached the age of majority
- 15. False and malicious writing about another