Legal Definition and Related Resources of Disease
Meaning of Disease
A condition of the body or some part or organ of the body, whose functions are disturbed or deranged. A deviation from healthy or normal condition of any of functions or disuse of body; alteration of state of body or some of its organs, interrupting or disturbing performance of vital functions, and causing or threatening pain and weakness. See Brinkoetter v Pyramid Life Ins. Co., (Mo.App.) 377 S. W.2d 560.
Disease Alternative Definition
For the purpose of furnishing an excuse for what would otherwise be a crime, “voluntary drunkenness is not regarded as a disease affecting the mind; but involuntary drunkenness, and diseases caused by voluntary drunkenness, fall, so far as they affect the mind, within that term.” Steph. Cr. 22,
Synonyms of Disease
noun
- affliction
- ailment
- attack
- bodily deviation from health
- bout of sickness
- breakdown
- chronic disability
- collapse
- condition
- contagion
- defect
- deterioration
- disability
- discomfort
- disorder
- distemper
- epidemic
- handicap
- ill health
- illness
- indisposition
- infection
- infirmity
- insalubrity
- invalidism
- loss of health
- malady
- morbus
- physical derangement
- plague
- scourge
- sickness
- taint
- unhealthiness
- unsoundness
- unwholesome condition
- virus
- weakness
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Legal Abbreviations and Acronyms
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Disease, Sexual Behaviour and the Law
Disease
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Legal English Vocabulary: Disease in Spanish
Online translation of the English legal term disease into Spanish: enfermedad (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online.
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Concept of Disease
In relation to securing dangerous material (in case of crisis or terrorism) a meaning of disease may be outlined, in general regarding European law, as follows: An unhealthy condition of the body (or a part of it) or the mind (illness, sickness) presented by symptoms peculiar to it.[1]
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Notes and References
- Definition of disease published by the European Commission
Hemorrhagic Fevers and Diseases in the National Security Context
A definition and brief description of Hemorrhagic Fevers and Diseases in relation to national security is as follows:Hemorrhagic diseases are caused by infection with viruses or bacteria. As the name implies, a hallmark of a hemorrhagic disease is copious bleeding.
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- Social Problem
- Crime
- Delinquency
- Juvenile Delinquency
- Delinquent
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- Crime Prevention
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