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nature

nature. 1. A fundamental quality that distinguishes one thing from another; the essence of something. 2. A wild condition, untouched by civilization. 3. A disposition or personality of someone or something. 4. Something pure or true as distinguished from something artificial or contrived. 5. The basic instincts or impulses of someone or something. 6. The

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emergency doctrine

emergency doctrine. 1. A legal principle exempting a person from the ordinary standard of reasonable care if that person acted instinctively to meet a sudden and urgent need for aid. — Also termed imminent-peril doctrine; sudden-emergency doctrine; sudden-peril doctrine. [Cases: Negligence 291. C.J.S. Negligence §§ 69–73.] 2. A legal principle by which consent to medical

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emergency doctrine

emergency doctrine 紧急避险原则;紧急避难原则 若一个人遇到突然发生的危险而做出本能的反应〔instinctive action〕,这时就不能如在正常情况下一样要求他必须仔细思考而后行动。因此,由此而给第三人造成损害时,只要他事先尽了适当的注意以避免这种紧急情况的发生,且在事后,他也尽了在非常情况下所能尽到的合理的谨慎和注意,他便被认为是无过失的。医生在抢救病人时,如需要本人或家属的同意而一时无法取得,亦可援用此原则,先行施治,并以此作为对人身伤害侵权之诉的有力抗辩  。(→Good Samaritan doctrine)

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