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Common Medical Injury Legal Terms

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• Damages: Monetary compensation claimed by a person who has suffered a loss or injury to his person, property or rights as a result of the negligence or unlawful conduct of another.
• Decedent: A dead person.
• Decree: An order of the court. A final decree is one that fully disposes of the litigation; an interlocutory decree is a preliminary order that often disposes of only part of a lawsuit.
• Default: Failure of either party to file required documents or appear in a civil case within a certain period of time.
• Defendant: The person or party sued in a civil case or accused in a criminal case.
• Deposition: The testimony of a witness, taken out of court and usually prior to trial.
• Direct examination: Questioning of a witness by the party who calls the witness.
• Directed verdict: In a trial, a judgment entered by the judge without allowing the jury to participate.
• Discovery: The pre-trial process, such as a deposition, by which one party discovers the evidence that will be relied upon at trial by the opposing party.
• Dismissal with prejudice: An order to dismiss a case in which the court bars the plaintiff from suing again on the same cause of action.
• Dismissal without prejudice: An order to dismiss a case in which the court preserves the plaintiff's right to sue again on the same cause of action.

Common Medical Injury Legal Terms
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