PI Glossary
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In this Personal Injury Glossary, you will find the definition of many terms related to Personal Injury law. You can search for the Personal Injury phrase in the search box below or browse them in the alphabetical listings.
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- Accidental Death
- Accidental Death Benefit
- Accomplice
- Acknowledgement
- Acquit
- Action
- Actuary
- Ad Litem
- Addiction
- Additur
- Adjudicate
- Affidavit
- Allegation
- Apgar Score
- Appeal
- Appearance
- Appellate Court
- Apportionment
- Arbitration
- Arbitrator
- Arraignment
- Arrest
- Asbestos
- Assumption of Risk
- Bad Faith
- Bail
- Bail Bond
- Bar Examination
- Battery
- Bench Trial
- Bench Warrant
- Beneficiary
- Benefits
- Best Evidence
- Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
- Binding Authority
- Birth Injury
- Bodily Injury Liability
- Booking
- Brain Damage
- Breach of Contract
- Brief
- Burden of Proof
- Bystander
- Cancer Misdiagnosis
- Capacity Defense
- Case
- Case Law
- Causation
- Change of Venue
- Circumstantial Evidence
- Citation
- Civil Case
- Civil Complaint
- Civil Law
- Civil Lawsuit
- Class Action
- Clear And Convincing Evidence
- Closing Arguments
- Cognitive Functions
- Collateral Source Rule
- Collision Insurance
- Common Law
- Comparative Negligence (Pure)
- Compensation
- Complaint
- Conciliation
- Conservatorship
- Contingency Fee
- Contract
- Contributory Negligence
- Conviction
- Corroborating Evidence
- Court of Appeals
- Criminal Law
- Damages
- Default Judgment
- Defendant
- Deposition
- Direct Evidence
- Directed Verdict
- Disability Benefits
- Disability Insurance
- Discovery
- Disfigurement
- Dismissal
- Doctrine of Avoidable Consequences
- Dram Shop Act
- Duty
- Eligible Survivor
- Emotional Distress
- Ephedra
- Established Customary Standard of Care
- Evidence
- Ex Post Facto
- Exclusionary Rule
- Exemplary Damages
- Expert Witness
- Extenuating Circumstances
- Failure to Diagnose
- Fen-Phen
- Fiduciary
- Fraud
- Future Medical
- Grand Jury
- Gross Negligence
- Guardian
- Habeas Corpus
- Hearing
- Hearsay
- Hit And Run
- HMO Negligence
- Hospital Malpractice
- Hostile Witness
- Hung Jury
- Immunity
- Inadmissible
- Indictment
- Injure
- Insurance Adjuster
- Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress
- Interrogatories
- Joint And Several Liability
- Judge
- Judgment
- Judgment Notwithstanding The Verdict
- Judicial Review
- Jurisdiction
- Jurisprudence
- Jury
- Lamictal
- Lapse in Coverage or Policy Lapse
- Larceny
- Law Clerks
- Lawsuit
- Lawyer
- Leading Question
- Legal Fiction
- Letters of Administration
- Liability
- Liability Risk
- Libel
- Lien
- Life Expectancy
- Limited Jurisdiction
- Limited Tort Option
- Litigant
- Litigation
- Loss of Consortium
- Lymphoma
- Malfeasance
- Malicious Prosecution
- Manslaughter
- Maximal Medical Improvement
- Mediation
- Mediator
- Medical Lien
- Medical Malpractice
- Medical Negligence
- Mental Anguish
- Mesothelioma
- Miranda Warning
- Misdemeanor
- Misdiagnosis
- Mistrial
- Mitigating Circumstances
- Mitigation of Damages
- Motion
- Murder
- Negligence
- Negligence Per se
- No Bill
- No Fault Proceedings
- Nonfeasance
- Nuisance
- Nursing Malpractice
- Objection
- Occupational Disease
- Opening Statement
- Opinion
- Out of Court Settlement
- Paralegal
- Peremptory Challenge
- Perjury
- Permanent Disability
- Permanent Injunction
- Personal Injury Lawyer
- Petit Jury
- Plaintiff
- Plea
- Plea Bargain
- Power of Attorney
- Precedent
- Premise Liability
- Preponderance of Evidence
- Prescription Error
- Procedural Due Process
- Product Liability
- Property Damage
- Punitive Damages
- Reasonable Care
- Rebuttal
- Restitution
- Retainer
- Settlement
- Slander
- Slip And Fall
- Small Claims
- Sovereign Immunity
- Standard of Care
- Statute of Limitations
- Statutory Law
- Strict Liability
- Subpoena
- Sue
- Summary Judgment
- Supplemental Security Income
- Survivor Benefits
- Temporary Disability Benefits
- Terminal Illness
- Testimony
- Third Party Lawsuit
- Tort
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Trespasser
- Trial
- Trial Court
- Uninsured Motorist
- Utilization Review
- Venue
- Verdict
- Voir Dire
- Wages
- Warrant
- Will
- Willful Negligence
- With Prejudice
- Without Prejudice
- Witness
- Workers Compensation
- Wrongful Death
- Wrongful Death Lawsuit