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Law gr 11
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Murphy | Fought to get women the vote |
| Reasonable | A term that applies to many aspects of our justice system |
| Equity | Payment to evaluate as equal in worth |
| Diefenbaker | Created the Bill of rights |
| Jews | Denied Entry Prior to WW2 |
| Stereotyping | Judging an opinion of one person applying it to the group |
| Summary | form of conviction that uses transcript under appeal |
| Resitition | Repaying the Victim of a crime |
| 3 | The number of judges in appeal court |
| Cabinet | could reduce a sentence of death |
| sufrage | The right to vote in political election |
| homosexuality | Criminal code offence until 1967 |
| assimilation | process of absorbing a minority |
| 1st nations | term originated by aboriginals |
| compensation | public $ used to assist a victim of crime |
| restorative | emphasize forgiveness |
| collective | right of grouo |
| Japenese | enemy aliens during WW2 |
| discrimination | treating individuals diff based on characteristics (20) |
| parole | Hearing that may or may not release the offender - 22 |
| stonewall | Gay resistance against police brutality - 23 |
| crown | cannot appeal based on question of fact - 24 |
| harrassment | Unwelcome actions - 25 |
| release | act that allows the victim to know the charge of the accused - 28 |
| ukraines | 30 - enemy aliens during WW1 |
| prejudice | preconceived opinion of a certain group - 31 |
| complainant | 32- person who makes an allegation of discrimnation |
| maximum | 33-From of security for the most dangerous offenders |
| orientation | 35- nature of ones sexuality |
| persons | 36- case established rights of women |
| thirty | 37- # of days b4 appeal is allowed |
| circle | 41- aboriginal technique of justice |
| ombudsman | 43-offical appointed to investigate complaints |
| open | 45-custody that allows supervised access to the community |
| hanging | 47- form of punishmment used in canada until 1962 |
| appellant | 48-party requesting appeal |
| majority | 49-method of ruling in a appeal court |
| healing | 50 - resolves issues between offenders and victim |
| points | 19-criteria for admission to immigrate to Canada |
| correctional | 21-term used to describe canadian prison system |
| sentence | 26- crown can appeal based on this |
| feminist | 27 - one who believes in equality of sexes |
| 2 | 29 - minimum # of yrs in max security for 1st degree murder |
| mistake | 33 - only grounds for a legal appeal |
| respondent | 34 - party opposing an appeal |
| house | 38 - form of arrest for conditional release |
| trial | 39 - can be ordered based on appeal |
| railroad | 40 - built chinese workers denied citizenship |
| limited | 42 - roles of victim in the justice process |
| capital | 44 - form of punishment resulting in death |
| closed | 46 - most secure form of detention |
| civil battery | John Grabs Hilary after she asks him to stop |
| alcohol | measure commercial hosts can take to reduce liability |
| occupier | a person who controls and supervises a property |
| deny | an accused use in his or her defence |
| act of god | accident occurs after vechile is struck by lightning |
| defamation | in a ___________ case, a plantiff must prove: the words used by the defendant were false |
| consent | defence for trespass |
| civil assault | John tells hilary he will stab her |
| absolute privelege | politicans cannot be sued for comments |
| Intentional Tort | nuisance are example of ___ |
| vicarious liablity | the father may be held partially responsible because he owns the car |
| Temporary Insanity | defence of crime as a result of a stroke |
| Duty of Care | each motorist is priveleged to be driving |
| Self Defence | the legal use of reasonable force |
| automatism | An involuntary action by a person |
| private nuisance | someone property is being interfered |
| reasonable | Not a key characteristic of Negligence |
| Intoxication | can lower a conviction or reduce a criminal sentence |
| Insane Automatism | a person with parnoid schizophrenia murders |
| Jason Hill | false imprisonment case |
| Battered WOmen syndrome | a psychological condition caused by severe and usually prolonged domestic violence |
| Alibi | arguing the accused was not at scene of the crime |
| foreseeability | a persons ability to anticipate the specific result |
| aggravated | compensation awarded for mental distress |
| obscenity | otherwise taboo, indecent, abhorrent, or disgusting |
| anabolic steroids | use of this drug results in thousand dollar fine |
| LSD | schedule one of CDSA |
| horse and cow | origin of law as a rule of society |
| indictable | judge or jury trial |
| luring | no person may use the internet w/ a young person for the commission of sexual offence |
| onus | the _________ is on the crown to prove |
| driving | operation of a car |
| nominal | compensation to indicate a moral victory |
| lawful arrest | the police should identify themselves |
| 2nd degree | spouse killed by spouse after caught w/ companion |
| litigation | legal action to solve a civil dispute is called |
| 1892 | the CC of Canada was introduced in |
| 10 | bodily harm is punishable on indictment not exceeding |
| rob | assault to be considered aggravated intent to ____ |
| undertaking | signed promise |
| john | the person who receive prostitution |
| procure | against the law for parents to _______ their child to engage in sex |
| special | compensation for out of pocket expenses |
| after | assault ____ the fact |
| accidental | ______ application of force is an assault |
| defendant | the person being sued |
| controlled drugs | canadas federal drug control statute |
| probability | civil trial the decision is based on |
| manslaughter | texting while driving car results in death |
| summary conviction | no fingerprints requred for this category of offence |
| procedure | police tell you that you are being arrested |
| adversarial | we have an ____________ system of justice |
| plantiff | The person suing |
| interference | no one can touch any part of the body of a child under the ___ |
| competition | act that cracks down on the recent proliferation of deception |
| new laws | judges cant create |
| 14 | Arson - Damage to property sentence |
| burgurarly | the intent to break into a building |
| damages | money awarded to plantiff is |
| robbery | requiring both theft and a form of violence |
| theft | simply involves taking something |
| intention | decision to bring about a prohibited consequence |
| each | youth custody is automatically reviewed at the end of ______ year |
| summons | a ________ serves the same purpose as an appearance notice |
| prevent crime | one purpose of the YCJA |
| negligence | _________ is an offence that arises in situations involving the death |
| release | once a person has been arrested and charged |
| state of mind | accused person has planned |
| transfer to adult | not true of the YCJA |
| promise to appeal | a document that the accused signs |
| Mens Rea | guilty mind |
| Undertaking | signed promise |
| Surety | promised by someone other than the accused |
| Youth | aged 12 to 15 are tried in ________ court |
| adversarial | we have an _________ system of justice |
| appearance notice | officers may serve accused with an __________ |
| 24 | Release within ____ hours |
| extra judicial | term _________ is a measure for non violent |
| Guilty Act | Actus Reus |
| Onus | The __ is on the crown to prove |
| recognizance | is a signed promise that the accused will pay a certain value of money |
| New LAws | not true about judges |
| motive | explains why a person acted or refused to act |
| attempt | an _______ to commit a crime when an accused makes an unsuccessful effort |
| Tom Brady | Greatest QB of all time |
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