MALPRACTICE
\mˌalpɹˈaktɪs], \mˌalpɹˈaktɪs], \m_ˌa_l_p_ɹ_ˈa_k_t_ɪ_s]\
Definitions of MALPRACTICE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Legal Glossary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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Evil practice; illegal or immoral conduct; practice contrary to established rules; specifically, the treatment of a case by a surgeon or physician in a manner which is contrary to accepted rules and productive of unfavorable results.
By Oddity Software
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Evil practice; illegal or immoral conduct; practice contrary to established rules; specifically, the treatment of a case by a surgeon or physician in a manner which is contrary to accepted rules and productive of unfavorable results.
By Noah Webster.
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The delivery of substandard care or services by a lawyer, doctor, dentist, accountant or other professional. Generally, malpractice occurs when a professional fails to provide the quality of care that should reasonably be expected in the circumstances, with the result that her patient or client is harmed. In the area of legal malpractice, you need to prove two things to show that you were harmed: first, that your lawyer screwed up; and second, that if the lawyer had handled the work properly, you would have won your original case.
By Oddity Software
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Failure of a professional person, a physician or lawyer, to render proper services through reprehensible ignorance or negligence or through criminal intent, especially when injury or loss follows. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William R. Warner
By Daniel Lyons
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Misconduct on the part of a medical attendant in the treatment of a case, whether arising from culpable ignorance or neglect or consisting in acts or practices that are themselves criminal.
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The criminal induction of abortion; usually called criminal malpractice. [Lat., Gr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe