Legal Nurse Consulting Principles Questions with
correct answers.
1. Constitutional Law -Answer- Is a compilation of laws principles and
amendments derived from The united states and state constitutions that govern
and guide federal and state goverments,corportations,society,and individuals.
2. Statutes -Answer- laws enacted by state or federal legislatures
3. Ordinances -Answer- pieces of legislation created by a town or city council or
by a county board or commission
4. Case Law -Answer- made when an appellate court endorses a rule to be used
in deciding court cases
5. Stare Decisis -Answer- doctrine that requires lower courts to follow existing
case law in deciding similar cases
6. Administrative agencies -Answer- governmental bodies formed to carry out
particular law
7. Civil Law -Answer- group of laws used to provide remedy for wrongs against
individuals. group of laws that defines and sets punishments for offenses against
society
Deal with the remedies for a person or entity involve money or compensation to
make the plaintiff whole again.
8. Criminal Law -Answer- group of laws that defines and sets punishments
for offenses against society.
Is created to provide guidance and protection to those injured by Offenses against
society.
9. Crime -Answer- an offense against society, an act that breaks a law and
causes harm to people or society in general
10. Procedural Law -Answer- group of laws that define the methods for enforcing
legal rights and duties
11. Substantive Law -Answer- group of laws that define rights and duties
12. Res judicata -Answer- (a thing or matter settled by judgement)
The doctrine prevents the same parties from trying a case based on the same issue
in more then one civil case
13. Res ipsa longitur -Answer- (the thing that speaks for it self)
, A legal doctrine commonly use in operating room cases where things have been
left in abdomen or other cavities and where the patients condition is otherwise
completely incontol of the person accused of negligence.
This doctrine shifts the burden of proving malpractice to the defense which must
disprove negligence.
correct answers.
1. Constitutional Law -Answer- Is a compilation of laws principles and
amendments derived from The united states and state constitutions that govern
and guide federal and state goverments,corportations,society,and individuals.
2. Statutes -Answer- laws enacted by state or federal legislatures
3. Ordinances -Answer- pieces of legislation created by a town or city council or
by a county board or commission
4. Case Law -Answer- made when an appellate court endorses a rule to be used
in deciding court cases
5. Stare Decisis -Answer- doctrine that requires lower courts to follow existing
case law in deciding similar cases
6. Administrative agencies -Answer- governmental bodies formed to carry out
particular law
7. Civil Law -Answer- group of laws used to provide remedy for wrongs against
individuals. group of laws that defines and sets punishments for offenses against
society
Deal with the remedies for a person or entity involve money or compensation to
make the plaintiff whole again.
8. Criminal Law -Answer- group of laws that defines and sets punishments
for offenses against society.
Is created to provide guidance and protection to those injured by Offenses against
society.
9. Crime -Answer- an offense against society, an act that breaks a law and
causes harm to people or society in general
10. Procedural Law -Answer- group of laws that define the methods for enforcing
legal rights and duties
11. Substantive Law -Answer- group of laws that define rights and duties
12. Res judicata -Answer- (a thing or matter settled by judgement)
The doctrine prevents the same parties from trying a case based on the same issue
in more then one civil case
13. Res ipsa longitur -Answer- (the thing that speaks for it self)
, A legal doctrine commonly use in operating room cases where things have been
left in abdomen or other cavities and where the patients condition is otherwise
completely incontol of the person accused of negligence.
This doctrine shifts the burden of proving malpractice to the defense which must
disprove negligence.
