PAD 711: Public Personnel Administration Practice: How to Brief a Case

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How to Brief a Court Case

A Guide to Legal Case Briefs
From the University of Virginia School of Law
How to Brief a Case
From the John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Essential Vocabulary

The following terms are common to legal aspects of health care administration. See the section below for a short list of online legal dictionaries:

Abandonment	Do not resusciate (DNR)	Respondeat superior
Advance directives	Durable power of attorney	Stare decisis
Appellant	Euthanasia	Statute of limitations
Apellee	Evidence	Statutory law
Assault	Grand jury	Tort-feasor
Borrowed servant doctrine	Independent contractor	Will
Captain-of-the-ship doctrine	Informed consent	Writ
Case citation	Injunction	Writ of certiorari
Case law	Jurisdiction
Certiorari	Liability
Common law	Malpractice
Defamation	Misdemeanor
Defendant	Plaintiff
Deposition	Res ipsa Ioquitur
Discovery	Res judicata

Online Legal Dictionaries

Law.com Dictionary

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