Search results for: “Medical law/”
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Medical Ethics
In the United Kingdom, the General Medical Council (GMC) requires that medical graduates behave according to ethical and legal principles and must know about and comply with the General Medical Council’s ethical guidance and standards. It suggests that these standards can only be achieved […]
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Medical Ethics
In the United Kingdom, the General Medical Council (GMC) requires that medical graduates behave according to ethical and legal principles and must know about and comply with the General Medical Council’s ethical guidance and standards. It suggests that these standards can only be achieved […]
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Exchange of Medical Reports
Definition of Exchange of Medical Reports In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Exchange of Medical Reports : The exchange of medical reports in personal injury actions in the hope that they can be agreed before the hearing of the case, thus saving time and […]
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Coroner
Definition of Coroner In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Coroner : An officer of the Crown whose principal function is to investigate deaths suspected of being violent or unnatural. He will do this either by ordering an *autopsy or conducting an *inquest. […]
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Declaration
Definition of Declaration In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Declaration : 1. (in the law of evidence) An oral or written statement not made on oath. The term is often applied to certain types of out-of-court statement that are admissible as an […]
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Declaration
Definition of Declaration In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Declaration : 1. (in the law of evidence) An oral or written statement not made on oath. The term is often applied to certain types of out-of-court statement that are admissible as an […]
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Corporation
Definition of Corporation In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Corporation : (corporation, body corporate) n. An entity that has legal personality, i.e. it is capable of enjoying and being subject to legal rights and duties (See juristic person) and […]
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Urban District
History The municipal borough and the Borough Council A municipal borough is a place which has been incorporated by royal charter. In the year 1835 the Municipal Corporations Act was passed, which made provision for the constitution and government of certain boroughs which were enumerated in […]
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County Council
Definition of County Council In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of County Council : A *local authority whose area is a *county. A county council has certain exclusive responsibilities (e.g. education, fire services, highways, and refuse disposal) and […]
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Coroners
History Coroner, an ancient officer of the English common law, so called, according to Coke, because he was a keeper of the pleas of the crown (custos placitorum coronae). At what period the office of coroner was instituted is a matter of considerable doubt; some modern authorities (Stubbs, […]
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Deportation
Definition of Deportation In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Deportation : The removal from a state of a person whose initial entry into that state was illegal (Compare expulsion). In the UK this is authorized by the Immigration Act 1971 as amended by […]
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Mental Health
In his article on the Mental Capacity Act 2005 entitled “Mental Health and Offender Control” (JP 16 April 2005) Zia Akhtar complained about what was clause 24 of the Bill (now section 24 of the Act). This enables a person to make an advance direction that if at any time in the future he lacks…