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Law 12: Chapter 4
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| right | A legal, moral, or social entitlement due to all people because they are human beings |
| freedom | the ability to conduct one's affairs without being hampered or frustrated |
| inalienable rights | guaranteed entitlements that cannot be transferred because they are part of our intrinsic nature |
| franchise | the right to vote |
| entrench | in a general sense, to include or incorporate one thing into another. In a constitutional sense, to protect and guarantee a right or freedom by ensuring that it can only be changed by an amendment to the Constitution |
| override | To prevail over |
| invoke | to put into effect |
| notwithstanding clause | section 33 of the charter of rights and freedoms which allows federal and provincial governments to pass legislation that is exempt from section 2 and subsection 7 to 15 of the charter |
| dissemination | the act of spreading something, especially information, widely; circulation. |
| extradition | surrendering an accused person to another jurisdiction to stand trial |
| capital offence | a crime punishable by death in some jurisdiction |
| ameliorate | To make better or improve |
| abrogate | to abolish or annul |
| derogate | to take away or detract |
| respondent | a party against whom a petition is filled especially one in an appeal or a divorce case. |
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