Definition. Selective incorporation is the process that has evolved over the years, through court cases and rulings, used by the United Supreme Court to insure the rights of the people are not violated by state laws or procedures.n this lesson we will discuss how a person's rights granted under the Constitution of the United States are protected from laws enacted by states through the process of selective incorporation. We also provide an example of selective incorporation in the case of Miranda v. Arizona.
acquired. [ÉkwÄ«â²Érd]. Etymology: L, acquirere, to obtain. pertaining to a characteristic, condition, or disease originating after birth, not caused by hereditary or developmental factors but by a reaction to environmental influences outside of the organism. An example is acquired immunity. Compare congenital, familial, hereditary. adjective New; not inherited.
Hospital-acquired infections are an important category of hospital-acquired conditions. HAI is sometimes expanded as healthcare-associated infection to emphasize that infections can be correlated with health care in various settings (not just hospitals), which is also true of hospital-acquired conditions generally.ospital-acquired infection (HAI) â also known as nosocomial infection â is an infection whose development is favored by a hospital environment, such as one acquired by a patient during a hospital visit or one developing among hospital staff.