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Category: M

MUNICIPAL COURTS

the term given to the city courts that are charged with administering the law of a city.

MISAPPREHENSION

a term given to describe the act of misunderstanding or a mistaken idea.

MEDICAL RECORDS

This the name that is given to the bundle of documents that belong to the person who is in hospital and show all actions taken by the hospital bout the person’s illness.

MUGGING

1. Robbing a person from behind and putting an arm around their neck so they are unable to retaliate. 2. Any type of hold up the occurs on the street.

MOOT QUESTION

the term that is given to a hypothetical question and a question that is not answered by referring to facts.

MEDICOLEGAL

the term that describes cases concerning law and medicine.

MALCONDUCT

term that means misconduct, the maladministration, dishonest behaviour.

MILITARY JURISDICTION

The authority of military law. 1. When the US is at peace or war. 2. When the US is engaged in war outside its boundaries. 3. Rebellion in the US. 4. When

MENTAL DEFECT

the term that is used to describe a cerebral deficiency or an inadequacy of thought processes.

MONEY JUDGMENT

a term referring to a judgement that orders the payment of money that is owed.

MORAL EVIDENCE

the name that is given to the evidence that supports the facts and the truth.

MATERIAL FRAUD

the term that is applied to tricking a person to enter a contract or agreement that without trickery they wouldn’t have considered.

MALPRACTICE MEDICAL

the term to describe the improper or poor performance of a physician, dentist and other medical professionals.

MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE

the name that si given to the branch of medicine concerning the questions of law; medicolegal matters.

MENTAL COMPETENCE

term applied to a person’s mental ability and choosing right from wrong and having the ability to express themselves.

MINING CLAIM

the term given to a claim for the appropriation of public land where mineral exist and is mined within the law.

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