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  2. Injury (law) - Wikipedia

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    As a legal term, injury is a harm done to a person due to acts or omissions of other persons. Harm may be of various kinds: bodily injury , psychological trauma , loss of property or reputation, breach of contract , etc. Injury may give rise to civil tort or criminal prosecution.

  3. Killed or seriously injured - Wikipedia

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    Killed: The usual international definition, as adopted by the Vienna Convention in 1968 is 'a human casualty who dies within 30 days after the collision due to injuries received in the crash'. [2] Serious injury: In 2015, the European Union defined a concept of serious injures in order to share the same definition across the whole European ...

  4. Personal injury - Wikipedia

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    In common law jurisdictions before the 1850s, an injury had to fit into a very small category in order to serve as the basis of a legal action worth pursuing to a final verdict: the injury was serious enough to justify legal action, but not so severe as to kill the victim; the injury, its cause, and its consequences had all been witnessed by ...

  5. United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines - Wikipedia

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    Physical injury (§5K2.2) If significant physical injury resulted, the court may increase the sentence above the authorized guideline range. The extent of the increase ordinarily should depend on the extent of the injury, the degree to which it may prove permanent, and the extent to which the injury was intended or knowingly risked.

  6. Imminent peril - Wikipedia

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    In California, legislation authorizes a person to use deadly force to defend against death or serious injury if they believe they are in imminent peril. [5] Raymond L. Middleton, Warden v. Sally Marie McNeil is a California case that espouses this doctrine. [ 6 ]

  7. Is PTSD a 'Serious Injury' Under Insurance Law ยง5102(d)? - AOL

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    The Third and Fourth Departments have begun to consider post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a ‘serious injury’ under Insurance Law §5102(d)’s definition of “significant limitation of ...

  8. Non-fatal offences against the person in English law - Wikipedia

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    This includes assault occasioning actual bodily harm, where the victim suffers injuries such as bruising or skin abrasions (the converse being an injury that is "transient and trifling"); wounding (a piercing of all layers of the skin); and causing grievous bodily harm (injuries more serious than in actual bodily harm, for example broken bones).

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