Medico-legal
Adj. 1 – Medico-legal – pertaining to legal aspects of the practice of medicine (as malpractice or patient consent for operations or patient information)
Adj. 2 - Medicolegal - Of, relating to, or concerned with medicine and law. Medicolegal considerations are a significant part of the process of making many patient care decisions and determining definitions and policies for the treatment of mentally incompetent people and minors, the performance of sterilization or therapeutic abortion, and the care of terminally ill patients. Medicolegal considerations, decisions, definitions, and policies provide the framework for informed consent, professional liability, and many other aspects of current practice in the health care field.