{"id":358132,"date":"2013-01-28T16:34:14","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T21:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-law\/dictionary\/legal-glossary\/personal-injury-law.html"},"modified":"2013-01-28T16:34:14","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T21:34:14","slug":"personal-injury-law","status":"publish","type":"dictionary","link":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/legal-glossary\/personal-injury-law.html","title":{"rendered":"Personal Injury Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<html> <body>  <p>Trying to decipher an acronym? Attempting to understand legal jargon? The Personal Injury Law glossary gives you access to definitions for the Accidents and Injuries terminology commonly used in documents, discussions with legal professionals and court proceedings. This Personal Injury Law glossary will help you understand the legal terms and phrases which are relevant to Car Accidents, negligence, and other Personal Injury areas of law.<\/p>  <p>FindLaw is your starting place for help understanding the law. Start here to find resources to learn how to find an attorney, legal aid services and legal self help. Click here to find more <a title=\"Accident and Injury Center\" href=\"https:\/\/www.findlaw.com\/injury.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Personal Injury legal information<\/a>.<\/p>  <\/body> <\/html><div>\n    \n        <div\n            id=\"fl-content-list-container\"\n            class=\"fl-flex fl-flex-column fl-content-list-container\"\n        >\n            \n            <ul class=\"fl-list fl-content-list fl-no-margin\" data-testid=\"fl-content-list\">\n                                    <li class=\"fl-content-list-item\" data-testid=\"fl-content-list-item\">\n                        <a title=\"Accident\" href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/definition\/accident.html\" class=\"fl-content-list-item-link fl-text-bold\">\n                            Accident\n                        <\/a>\n                        <div class=\"fl-content-list-item-description\">What is &#8216;Accident&#8217;? 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